Michael Gielen, SWR Sinfonieorchestra Baden-Baden und Freiburg – Arnold Schönberg: Gurrelieder (2007)
PS3 Rip | 2x SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 121:41 minutes | Scans included | 8,01 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 4,8 GB
or FLAC Stereo (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 2,22 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound / Label: Hänssler Classic # SACD 093.198
Because the release of this magnificent SACD of Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder was intended to celebrate conductor Michael Gielen’s 80th birthday, the enterprise seems a fitting present to him, since few conductors have been more devoted to the composer’s cause; this brilliant performance appears to be a fulfillment of Gielen’s long-held wish to record this mammoth oratorio with maximum clarity and lustrous sound.
Few recordings of Gurrelieder can match this one for its crystalline details and clean textures, a necessity in this fantastically dense work; even though Schoenberg’s orchestration is more layered and filigreed than anything found in Wagner or Mahler, Gielen makes the heaviest counterpoint sound utterly transparent, and the singers and orchestral parts are given ideal separation and balance. The lyrical parts of the lovers Waldemar and Tove are sung with beautiful tone and credible presence by tenor Robert Dean Smith and soprano Melanie Diener, and the supporting solos of mezzo-soprano Yvonne Naef as the Wood Dove, baritone Ralf Lukas as the Peasant, tenor Gerhard Siegel as Klaus the Jester, and Andreas Schmidt as the speaker, are suitably characterized and welcome for the dramatic contrasts they provide. The combined ensembles of the SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Chorus, and the Middle German Radio Chorus, Leipzig, make this a truly potent recording in terms of volume and sonorities, so audiophiles who want to hear music of vast physical dimensions and extraordinary dynamic range will luxuriate in the sumptuous reproduction. Highly recommended.
Tracklist:
01. Part 1: Orchestervorspiel
02. Nun dämpft die Dämm’rung jeden Ton
03. O, wenn des Mondes Strahlen
04. Ross! Mein Ross!
05. Sterne jubeln
06. So tanzen die Engel vor Gottes Thron nicht
07. Nun sag ich dir zum ersten Mal
08. Es ist Mitternachtszeit
09. Du sendest mir einen Liebesblick
10. Du wunderliche Tove!
11. Orchesterzwischenspiel
12. Tauben von Gurre!
13. Part 2: Herrgott, weißt du, was du tatest
14. Part 3: Erwacht, König Waldemars Mannen wert!
15. Deckel des Sarges klappert
16. Gegrüßt, o König
17. Mit Toves Stimme flüstert der Wald
18. Ein seltsamer Vogel ist so’n Aal
19. Du strenger Richter droben
20. Der Hahn erhebt den Kopf zur Kraht
21. Orchestervorspiel
22. Herr Gänsefuß, Frau Gänsekraut
23. Seht die Sonne
Personnel:
Melanie Diener (Tove), Yvonne Naef (Waldtaube), Robert Dean Smith (Waldemar), Gerhard Siegel (Klaus-Narr), Ralf Lukas (Bauer), Andreas Schmidt (Sprecher)
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg – Conducted by Michael Gielen
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig.
SACD ISO
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DSF
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Hi-Res FLAC
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