Schreker: Orchestral Music

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Schreker: Orchestral MusicOpis:Product DescriptionWith the première of the opera Der ferne Klang in Frankfurt in 1912, Franz Schreker earned a reputation as one of the most eminent composers of his time. His operas with their symbolist, often erotic subjects and their sumptuous sonorities were triumphantly successful, and he was seen as one of the most prominent representatives of 'New Music' Arnold Schoenberg even called him 'one of the foremost among us'. From the 1930s and onwards an almost complete oblivion descended on his music, however, and it is only during the past few years that it is being heard with any frequency again. One reason for this neglect is the fact that Schreker, like many other composers, found himself out of step with the musical developments during the 1920s, but equally important is probably the Nazi persecution that he suffered, being of Jewish descent. Schreker composed almost exclusively operas, and with few exceptions to his own librettos, thus ensuring that his subjects were suitable for a musical treatment indeed that they demanded such a treatment. In several of his works music plays an important part in the plot itself in both Das Spielwerk and Der Schatzgräber a magic instrument plays a pivotal role, and in Der ferne Klang the elusive 'distant sound' that the composer Fritz searches for so desperately is a symbol of true love. It is therefore not surprising that the orchestral sections of Schreker's operas are of greater importance for the work as a whole than what is the case with many other composers. Often presenting them as independent pieces in concert, Schreker lavished his striking gifts as an orchestrator on them, creating shimmering, glittering and impassioned works of art. The Royal Swedish Orchestra, of the Royal Opera in Stockholm, performs them here under its chief conductor Lawrence Renes a team which in 2013 released another sonic spectacular of operatic descent, namely an orchestral tone poem devised by Henk de Vlieger from Richard Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen (BIS2052).

ReviewLittle-known repertoire, superbly played and recorded; go on, treat yourself. MusicWeb,Oct'16 /// Anyone familiar with Schreker's magnificent Prelude to a Drama (commissioned by Felix Weingartner in 1913 and latterly championed by Michael Gielen) will instantly recognise its exhilarating exposition from the prelude to Die Gezeichneten (1915). Born in Monaco and educated in Vienna, Franz Schreker (1878-1934) was a major player in the opera houses of Europe, before persecution by the Nazis (he had a Jewish father), followed in turn by a series of strokes, led to his early death aged just 55. Initially staged in 1912 to enormous acclaim, Der ferne Klang was Schreker's first big success, and the headily voluptuous 'Nachtstück' from Act 3 makes an appealing entry point into his intoxicatingly luminous, masterfully scored catalogue. Anyone familiar with this underrated figure's magnificent Prelude to a Drama (commissioned by Felix Weingartner in 1913 and latterly championed by Michael Gielen) will instantly recognise its exhilarating exposition from the prelude to Die Gezeichneten (1915), and there's a comparable orchestral virtuosity and aching beauty to be found in both the symphonic interlude from Der Schatzgräber (1918) and prelude to Das Spielwerk (1915). That just leaves the 22-minute Vorspiel zu einer grossen Oper (1933), a late work of gripping drama and (to quote annotator Horst Scholz) 'exotic flair', posthumously premiered in March 1958 by the great Hans Rosbaud. Dutchman Lawrence Renes presides over a conspicuously shapely and dedicated set of performances from the Royal Swedish Orchestra, and the Take5 production team of Ingo Petry and Thore Brinkmann have come up trumps once again with a spectacularly natural and wide-ranging sound picture. A terrific anthology. --Classical Ear,Feb'17Luxuriously orchestrated and sensuously intoxicating, the extended orchestral interludes found in Schreker's operas are as fine in introdAutor:Royal Swedish Orc./RenesNośnik:Audio CDPłyt:Język: EnglishData wydania: 2016-10-27Waga: 0.27 gramWysokość: 0.4 cmSzerokość: 5.1 cmDługość: 5.6 cmUWAGA: Kupując produkt na tej aukcji zgadzasz się na wydłużony termin realizacji wysyłki (10-14 dni roboczych). Podany towar pochodzi z zagranicznego magazynu, stąd wydłużony czas realizacji który podany jest obok.