Arnold Schönberg, Michael Gielen, Robert Dean Smith, Chor des Bayrischen Rundfunks, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Ralf Lukas, Melanie Diener, Andreas Schmidt, Yvonne Naef, Gerhard Siegel, Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freibu

Gurrelieder - SACD

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CD/ Track	Title	Duration
1.1	Part One Orchestervorspiel	06:23
1.2	Part One Nun dämpft die Dämm'rung jeden Ton (Waldemar)	05:20
1.3	Part One O, wenn des Mondes Strahlen (Tove)	03:12
1.4	Part One Ross! Mein Ross! (Waldemar)	03:25
1.5	Part One Sterne jubeln (Tove)	02:15
1.6	Part One So tanzen die Engel vor Gottes Thron nicht (Waldemar)	03:10
1.7	Part One So sag ich dir zum ersten Mal (Tove)	04:26
1.8	Part One Es ist Mitternachtszeit (Waldemar)	07:01
1.9	Part One Du sendest mir einen Liebesblick (Tove)	05:56
1.10	Part One Du wunderliche Tove! (Waldemar)	05:05
1.11	Part One Orchesterzwischenspiel	05:37
1.12	Part One Tauben by Gurre! (Waldtaube)	13:38
2.1	Part Two Herrgott, weißt du, was du tatest (Waldemar)	05:40
2.2	Part Three Die wilde Hunt	02:22
2.3	Part Three Deckel des Sarges klappert (Bauer)	04:08
2.4	Part Three Gegrüßt, o König (Waldemars Mannen)	04:47
2.5	Part Three Mit Toves Stimme flüstert der Wald (Waldemar)	06:03
2.6	Part Three "Ein seltsamer Vogel ist so' n Aal" (Klaus-Narr)	07:34
2.7	Part Three Du strenger Richter droben (Waldemar)	03:00
2.8	Part Three Der Hahn erhebt den Kopf zur Kraht (Waldemars Mannen)	06:34
2.9	Part Three Des Sommerwindes wilde Hunt	03:33
2.10	Part Three Herr Gänsefüß, Frau Gänsekraut (Sprecher)	06:03
2.11	Part Three Seht die Sonne (Chor)	06:17

available

29,95 EUR

: SCM Hänssler
original title:: Gurrelieder
Art.-No.:: 093.198.000
: Doppel-CD
: 28 S. Booklet
Duration:: 2:01 hrs.
: June 2007
: *recommended retail price

brilliant sound - SACD recording

This recording of the Gurrelieder is being released in celebration of Michel Gielen's 80th birthday (July 20, 2007) and is - also - an homage to a great musician and human being. Gielen has this summing up at the end of his memoirs, "Unbedingt Musik" (roughly, "By All Means, Music"): "I have always thought - and still do - that the function of art and music is to present people with the conflicts of their times and their innermost being in a paradigmatic manner - and that this is the only truth of art. Especially because Schoenberg did just this in such an overwhelming way, he is for me the greatest composer of the twentieth century. In my old age I have realized that there is something else that is no less important: music shows us, above all else, the utopian moments we yearn for!"

Michael Gielen's recordings for Hänssler Classic have been eagerly sought after by collectors around the world. His unique, disciplined approaches to the full spectrum of repertoire, from Beethoven to Boulez are among the finest ever committed to disc. Gielen's understanding of the idioms of he 20th century are in full evidence on the present SACD recording of Schoenberg's mammoth Gurrelieder!