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JOHANN JOSEPH ABERT: EKKEHARD
SWR RUNDFUNKORCHESTER KAISERSLAUTERN · PETER FALK
The fate of the lovesick monk Ekkehardunfolds against the historical background of the battle againstheathenismandtheHunnishinvasion -things which the broad and lavish grand-opera framework not only justifies but virtually demands.Abert set this very motley text to music in such a way that each of the various worlds and situations is given its appropriate expression, emulating "just about all the styles represented in opera today". However, his approach is not one of simple eclecticism; the entire work is set in the fully individual tonal language he had developed in his previous operas.The young tenor Jonas Kaufmann with his brilliant tembre had the best requirements to present the main-role in this nearly unknown opera. This production was one of the first recordings in general for him, now re-mastered and new released again.
The fate of the lovesick monk Ekkehardunfolds against the historical background of the battle againstheathenismandtheHunnishinvasion -things which the broad and lavish grand-opera framework not only justifies but virtually demands.Abert set this very motley text to music in such a way that each of the various worlds and situations is given its appropriate expression, emulating "just about all the styles represented in opera today". However, his approach is not one of simple eclecticism; the entire work is set in the fully individual tonal language he had developed in his previous operas.The young tenor Jonas Kaufmann with his brilliant tembre had the best requirements to present the main-role in this nearly unknown opera. This production was one of the first recordings in general for him, now re-mastered and new released again.
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ZEMLINSKY: DER TRAUMGÖRGE
RADIO-SINFONIE-ORCHESTER FRANKFURT · GERD ALBECHT
"He was too modern for the conservatives, and he did not manage to catch up with the 'New
Music', despite his close personal relationship to Schönberg" – This brief characterization of Zemlinskys compositional style shows that the composer 'feil between two stools' even while he was alive. The opera was written at the suggestion of Gustav Mahler between 1903 and 1906. In 1907 he was engaged by Mahler as director of music at the Court Opera; at the same time, his third opera "Der Traumgörge" (Görge the Dreamer) was accepted for its first performance. Following Mahler's resignation, however, the opera was dropped by Mahler's successor, even though it had already been rehearsed, and it stayed untouched till the 1970s when the scores and parts have been found in the archive of Vienna State Opera. It's time that this recording – who was the first complete recordings – as well as Zemlinsky's masterpiece turn back to the awareness of the musical life.
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ERNST VON DOHNANYI (1877-1960)
DEUTSCHE STAATSPHILHARMONIE RHEINLAND-PFALZ · ROBERTO PATERNOSTRO
The Symphony No. 1 in D minor op. 9 belongs to Dohnányi’s early years of success.
Among all the influences of the late Romantic tradition, that by Brahms’ music can be discerned here once more. From it, Dohnányi forms a kind of early Neo-Romanticism that can be viewed as a continuation of the 19thcentury while avoiding the Expressionist, sprawling violence of the beginnings of Modernism in the 20thcentury. Reminiscent of Mahler and Strauss is the sovereign treatment of the large orchestra, in which many details stand out, making a major contribution towards the quality of the work. The Symphonic Minutes op. 36 was written in 1933 in the context to compose a Hungarian dance game. With this CD Capriccio starts a new Edition with recordings of these still less known but powerful Music from the hungarian Composer Ernst von Dohnanyi.
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HANNS EISLER: Leipzig Symphony Funeral Pieces · Nuit et brouillard
Jürgen Bruns
HANNS EISLER (1898 – 1962)
World Premiere Recording
[1] – [4]
Leipziger Sinfonie (1959–1962; 1998)
Rekonstruiert und vervollständigt vonTilo Medek (1940-2006)
Leipzig Symphony (1959–1962; 1998)
reconstructed and completed by Tilo Medek (1940-2006)
[5] – [13]
Trauerstücke aus Filmpartituren (1961–1962)
eingerichtet von Jürgen Bruns und Tobias Faßhauer (2015)
Funeral Pieces of Motion Picture Scores (1961–1962)
arranged by Jürgen Bruns and Tobias Faßhauer (2015)
[14] – [26]
Nuit et brouillard (1955)/ (Nacht und Nebel / Night and Fog)
Original Motion Picture Score
MDR-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig (1-13)
Kammersymphonie Berlin (14-26)
JÜRGEN BRUNS, Dirigent / conductor
In his late years Hanns Eisler concentrated more and more to compile his film music scores for the concert hall. That's the case also with his Leipzig Symphonywhich was not completed when he died. The that time young composer Thilo Medek recognized this gap and completed the symphony with different pieces out of Eislers film music scores.
The compilation of Funeral pieces from Film Music scoreshas been realized by Tobias Faßhauer and Jürgen Bruns in 2015. The scores uses film music from 1947/48 Hollywood movie So well remembered. Already at the end of 1955 Eisler wrote the music for the KZ Documentary Nuit et brouillard (Night and Fog) for the french movie director Alain Resnais (1922–2014). After many successful concert performances (with and without movie) this piece can be listened now the first time on CD.
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Premiere Portraits: Melba Ramos
MELBA RAMOS (soprano) · GRETA BENINI (piano)
With “Première Portraits”CD-Edition Capriccio set an example for the support of young and talented artists and invite them to release their première CD for a worldwide audience.
Melba Ramos, Puerto-Rican Soprano, studied at Pablo Casals Conservatory of Music in San Juan, capital city of her home country. She distinguished herself by winning several opera singing prizes. After being active at the Opera Studios in Cologne and in Wuppertal, she made her way as coloratura soprano to the Ensemble of the Volksoper in Vienna in 2003 to which she is still dedicated today. In parallel, numerous guest engagements led Melba Ramos to esteemed places to work at as the Komische Oper Berlin, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden and further Opera Houses in cities such as Bonn, Mannheim, Bremen, Kassel, Hamburg, Hannover, Saarbrücken, Nuremberg and many more.
