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ID: SIGCD173 (EAN: 635212017326) | 2 SACD | DDD Released in: 2009
- LABEL:
- Signum Records
- Collection:
- Orchestral Works
- Subcollection:
- Orchestra
- Composers:
- SCHOENBERG, Arnold
- Ensembles:
- Philharmonia Orchestra | Philharmonia Voices
- Conductors:
- SALONEN, Esa-Pekka
- Other info:
Acknowledged as the UK’s foremost musical pioneers, with an extraordinary recording legacy, the Philharmonia leads the field for its quality of playing. Together with its relationships with the most sought-after artists, most importantly its Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Philharmonia Orchestra is at the heart of British musical life.
Esa-Pekka Salonen made his London conducting debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra in September 1983 and he has returned to conduct the Orchestra on a regular basis ever since. This is the first in our series of Philharmonia releases that feature Salonen as conductor and is a hybrid SACD/CD in both stereo and surround. Forthcoming recordings as part of Salonen’s new partnership with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Signum include Mahler’s 6th and 9th symphonies and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique.
“[Salonen] brought this extravagant manifestation of late Romanticism to a suitable blazing climax.”
The Evening Standard
“The Philharmonia played as if the music really mattered, with beautifully moulded textures and impeccable attacks.”
The Financial Times
SACD 1
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| SCHOENBERG, Arnold (1874-1951) | | | Gurrelieder | | | Part I. | | | 1. | Orchestral Prelude | 6:45 | | | 2. | Nun dampft die Dammerung jeden Ton | 3:23 | | | 3. | O, wenn des Mondes Strahlen leise gleiten | 2:38 | | | 4. | Roß! Meain Roß! Was schleichst du so trag! | 2:56 | | | 5. | Sterne jubeln, das Meer, es leuchtet | 2:34 | | | 6. | So tansen die Engel vor Gottes Thron nicht | 2:14 | | | 7. | Nun sag' ich dir zum ersten Mal | 4:15 | | | 8. | Es ist Mitternachts Zeit | 5:53 | | | 9. | Du sendest mir einen Liebesblick | 6:00 | | | 10. | Du wunderliche Tove! | 4:46 | | | 11. | Orchestral Interlude | 5:07 | | | 12. | Tauben von Gurre! Sorge qualt mich | 11:48 | |
SACD 2
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| Part II. | | | 1. | Herrgott, weißt du, was du tatest | 4:54 | | | Part III. | | | 2. | Erwacht, Konig Waldemars Mannen wert! | 2:05 | | | 3. | Deckel des Sarges klappert und klappt | 3:57 | | | 4. | Gegrußt, o Konig, an Gurres See Strand | 5:45 | | | 5. | Mit Toves Stimme flustert der Wald | 3:12 | | | 6. | Ein seltsamer Vogel ist so 'n Aal | 6:43 | | | 7. | Du strenger Richter droben | 2:45 | | | 8. | Der Hahn erhebt den Kopf zur Kraht | 6:28 | | | 9. | Herr Gansefuß, Frau Gansekraut | 8:34 | | | 10. | Seht, die Sonne | 5:37 | | | Stig Andersen Waldermar | | | Soile Isokoski Tove | | | Monica Groop Waldtaube | | | Ralf Lukas Bauer | | | Andreas Conrad Klaus-Narr | | | Barbara Sukowa Sprecher | | | Philharmonia Voices | | "Sometimes less is not more. More is exhilarating. ... the music-making was superb ... And what terrific soloists!"*****
Richard Morrison, The Times
“The opening songs have a featherweight transparency, the interludes a natural fluency … and the choral climax transmits a properly ecstatic, pantheistic glow”
The Financial Times
“Salonen cracks into Schoenberg’s stacked layers of activity and strikingly schizophrenic mood shifts, revealing clarity and sonic grandeur. His soloists are top-notch too. Essential listening.”
Classic FM Magazine
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