Gurrelieder (with Des Sommerwindes wilde Jagd)
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Gurrelieder (with Des Sommerwindes wilde Jagd)
Paul Frey (tenor) Elizabeth Connell (soprano) / Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt / Chor des NDR Hamburg & Bayerischen Rundfunks / Eliahu Inbal
[ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 15 June 2006
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The Gurrelieder are Schönberg at his most impressive. This recording was made in Germany in 1990 was an all-German team. The vocal soloists include Paul Frey, tenor and Jard van Nes, mezzo-soprano. The narrator is Hanz Franzen.
"What really distinguishes Inbal's Gurrelieder is the daring Denon engineering. I half-dread broadcasts and recordings of this great work as engineers faced with the gigantic orchestra and multiple choirs tend to manipulate the sound, hedging crescendi and throwing undue light on Schoenberg's often delicate instrumental lines. I'm guessing here that comparatively few microphones were used: the basic orchestral soundscape is comparatively natural so that the shimmering evocation of a summer evening (glorious flutes and trumpet!) in the opening Prelude are in proper relation to the galloping timps in the third song. You may need to crank up the volume to get the full impact, but that's OK."
(MusicWeb July 2006)
• The Gurrelieder are Schönberg at his most impressive. This recording was made in Germany in 1990 was an all-German team. The vocal soloists include Paul Frey, tenor and Jard van Nes, mezzo-soprano. The narrator is Hanz Franzen.
• Inspired performance by the Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt and several choirs under Eliahu Inbal
