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jserraglio
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by jserraglio » Sun Aug 20, 2017 10:12 am
Prom 46: Schoenberg - Gurrelieder London Symphony Orchestra's music director designate, Sir Simon Rattle conducts the LSO in Schoenberg's Gurrelieder at the Royal Albert Hall.
The audio is here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/em9whn/pla ... v/b091w7fy
The BBC4 TV broadcast will be on Sept 3.
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1920 ... 57qjw4.jpg
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Arnold Schoenberg
Gurrelieder(110 mins)
Performers
Eva-Maria Westbroek Tove
Simon O'Neill Waldemar
Karen Cargill Wood-Dove
Peter Hoare Klaus the Fool
Christopher Purves Peasant
Thomas Quasthoff Speaker
CBSO Chorus
Orfeó Català
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
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karlhenning
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by karlhenning » Sun Aug 20, 2017 10:35 am
Cool. A really great (in more senses than one) piece, even if the line "the only Schoenberg I like is Gurrelieder (or Verklärte Nacht)" has grown long in the tooth.
Cheers,
~Karl
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maestrob
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by maestrob » Sun Aug 20, 2017 11:54 am
My favorite version is the above live recording by Voigt, Heppner and Levine in Munich, sadly no longer available here.
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jserraglio
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by jserraglio » Sun Aug 20, 2017 11:59 am
Levine in a choral work? Sign me up! Thanks! I have two live performances of this work from broadcast, iirc:
Schoenberg Gurrelieder Levine-CSO 1987
Schoenberg Gurrelieder Levine-BSO 2006 Tanglewood [Hunt-Lieberson]
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