Offer,Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Alwyn Mellor (soprano), Anna Larsson (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Skelton (tenor), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (tenor), James Creswell (bass) & Sir Thomas Allen (speaker)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Edward Gardner
The hero is Edward Gardner, under whose wonderfully flexible beat this hyper-Romantic music positively breathes in long lyrical phrases and paragraphs. Nor are the excitements lacking: the coda... — More…
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Contents
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
- James Creswell (bass), Stuart Skelton (tenor), Alwyn Mellor (soprano), Anna Larsson (mezzo-soprano), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (tenor), Thomas Allen (narrator)
- Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Choir of Collegiûm Mûsicûm, Edvard Grieg Kor, Orphei Drängar, Royal Northern College of Music Choir
- Edward Gardner
- Recorded: 8-11 December 2015
- Recording Venue: Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway
Pt. 1: Orchestral Prelude
Pt. 1: Nun dämpft die Dämm'rung jeden Ton
Pt. 1: O, wenn des Mondes Strahlen leise gleiten