Arnold Schoenberg’s »Gurre-Lieder«
Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Kent Nagano
The single-mindedness in his artistic development is fascinating: Arnold Schoenberg was the creative pioneer and the composer who gave no quarter in taking to its logical conclusion a process of transformation and innovation. At the outset of the 20th century he forged new realities from dreams and created a new logic of musical thought: twelve-tone music.
Around 1900, Schoenberg began work on the »Gurre-Lieder«. The oratorio-style work was finally finished in 1911, and the first performance in 1913 was a great success. In these songs the wonderful poems by Jens Peter Jacobsen tell the tale of the love of King Waldemar for Tove and his despair over the death of his beloved. A colossal work with a unique wealth of expression and an exceptional subtlety of mood.
Performers
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
MDR-Rundfunkchor
Torsten Kerl Waldemar
Dorothea Röschmann Tove
Claudia Mahnke mezzo-soprano
Wilhelm Schwinghammer bass
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke tenor
Anja Silja narrator
conductor Kent Nagano
Programme
Arnold Schönberg
Gurre-Lieder für Soli, Chor und Orchester