Texts to over 152000 lieder and other classical vocal works in more than a hundred languages with over 32000 translations. I had, during those years, developed my style in such a manner that to the ordinary concertgoer, it seemed to bear no. Simon rattle conducts schoenbergs gurrelieder digital concert. Content is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Find out more about our use of this data, and also our policy on. Among the soloists, it is stuart skeltons unusually human and vulnerable waldemar that stands out. Born september 1874 in vienna, austria as arnold schonberg, emigrated to the us in 1933 and changed his name to arnold schoenberg.
Jan 01, 2015 a cantata was defined somewhere as a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text. Austrian composer and painter, best known as the putative innovator of the twelvetone technique. Aug 22, 2017 you could see gurrelieder as a symbol of wasted talent a glimpse of the romantic composer schoenberg might have. Jens peter jacobsen 7 april 1847 30 april 1885 was a danish novelist, poet, and scientist, in denmark often just written as j. The work is a setting of poetry by jens peter jacobsen based on an ancient danish saga, a tale of illicit love, jealousy and murder set at the castle of gurre in north zealand. Gurrelieder is an astonishing work for many reasons, not least because schoenberg began it in a musical language that was still essentially lateromantic but did not complete it until 1911, by which time he had written some of his key atonal works. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Sep 16, 2014 schoenbergs gurrelieder in full glory. Streicher violine i 10 fach geteilt ii 10 bratsche 8 violoncell 8 kontraba. Jens peter jacobsen 18471885 was a danish novelist and poet who inaugurated the naturalist mode of fiction in denmark and was himself its most famous representative.
He began the naturalist movement in danish literature and was a part of the modern breakthrough. The only times ive heard gurrelieder live there have been moments when the orchestra all but drowns out the soloists. Jens peter jacobsens poem is evocative in itself, though the lack of text and translation here denies the purchaser the. Wonderful tove my soul is at peacei look into your eyes. You can add or edit information about gurrelieder philharmonia orchestra, feat. Its based on an epic poem epic here in the literary sense in danish by novelist jens peter jacobsen, about a story that takes place in a place called gurre castle. Gurrelieder is a large cantata for five vocal soloists, narrator, chorus and large orchestra, composed by arnold schoenberg, on poems by the danish novelist jens peter jacobsen translated from danish to german by robert franz arnold. Aug 19, 2017 gurrelieder is a tale of a love that even death cannot vanquish, of rage against the heavens, and ultimately of consolation in a closing musical sunrise of unparalleled beauty. What a chillingly beautiful story the danish poet jens peter jacobsen developed in 1871 from an old danish saga. The material underwent many changes in the course of time, as specific place names were added and the restlessly roaming king was introduced and the legend was eventually projected onto king waldemar iv, who died in 75 in castle gurre. Its first complete performance, in vienna on 23 february 19, conducted by franz schreker, was. Jens peter jacobsen niels lyhne and other works 5 books. Aug 18, 2002 the first performance of gurrelieder was a great success, but, as schoenberg wrote much later, in 1937, he was not happy at its triumph. Jens peter jacobsen poems, quotations and biography on jens peter jacobsen poet page.
Gurrelieder is a large cantata for five vocal soloists, narrator, chorus and large orchestra, composed by arnold schoenberg, on poems by the danish novelist jens peter jacobsen. This is the version which jens peter jacobsen adopted as the basis for his 1868 poem, which strongly. Gurrelieder is a large cantata for five vocal soloists, narrator, chorus and large orchestra. Gurrelieder ozawa, norman, boston so by schoenberg, arnold on cd. Schoenbergs gurrelieder in full glory the new york times. Jens peter jacobsen german translation by robert franz arnold concertante. Schoenberg rafael kubelik gurrelieder vinyl discogs. Runnicles bids farewell to bbcsso with a colossal gurrelieder.
The title means songs of gurre, referring to gurre castle in denmark, scene of the medieval lovetragedy related in jacobsens poems revolving around the danish national legend of the love of the danish king valdemar atterdag. Gurrelieder ferdinando albeggiani catalan catala translation. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists. Arnold schoenbergs gurrelieder is a work requiring huge forces to perform, wheeled out on the most special of occasions, here not only closing the 2016 edinburgh festival but marking a final farewell to donald runnicles as the bbcssos chief conductor.
Orchestral prelude wiener philharmoniker claudio abbado schoenberg. Michael gielens gurrelieder is one of the more expansive and certainly the most vividly detailed on discs. I was captivated by arnold schoenbergs 1874 1951 gurrelieder, an immense work for large orchestra, chorus, four soloists and speaker which sets a text by the danish poet jens peter jacobsen 1847 1885. I foresaw that this success would have no influence on the fate of my later works. The berliner philharmoniker and thomas quasthoff perform arnold schoenbergs gurrelieder under the direction of simon rattle. Gurrelieder schoenberg, arnold it is very unlikely that this work is public domain in the eu, or in any country where the term is lifeplus70 years. The title means songs of gurre, referring to gurre castle in denmark. He sings every word clearly and as if he really cares, while the voice an instrument that swells generously rather than scything through the texture with heldentenor steel is expressive and exciting, even if he doesnt quite nail every top note. In many respects the gurrelieder was schoenbergs most ambitious project.
However, it is in the public domain in canada where imslp is hosted and other countries where the term is lifeplus50 years such as china, japan, korea and many others worldwide. Jun 23, 2012 susan dunn as tove, siegfried jerusalem as waldemar, brigitt fassbaender as the waldtaube, peter haage as klaus narr, hermann becht as the bauer, and hans ho. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for. This is, i think, what schoenberg wanted, actually, since the erotic ecstasy of jens peter jacobsen s text is conveyed as much by orchestral texture as by voices. Jens peter jacobsen jens peter jacobsen poems poem hunter. A legendary girl, mistress of the danish king waldemar, and subject of a poem by jens peter jacobsen best known for its musical setting as the gurrelieder of arnold schoenberga fictional creature created by lewis carroll that appears in his poem jabberwocky high tove, a mountain in the english lake district. Simon rattle conducts schoenbergs gurrelieder digital. A year later, he found he had composed a massive cantata for five soloists, a narrator, three male choruses of four parts each, an eightpart mixed chorus, and an orchestra of about 150. Read all poems of jens peter jacobsen and infos about jens peter jacobsen. Provided to youtube by universal music group schoenberg. For those unfamiliar with the work, based on danish poetry by jens peter jacobsen, part i contains10 songs five for a tenor who sings king valdemar iv, and four for tove lille, his adored mistress whom he ensconsed in gurre castle. Aug 20, 2017 schoenberg started the work in 1900, intending a songcycle setting jens peter jacobsen s verse sequence gurresange in the recently published german translation.
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