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Franz Schreker was founder and director of Vienna’s Philharmonic Chorus and most of his choral compositions featured here, have been recorded for the first time. The recording is rounded off with choral works by Schreker’s teacher, Robert Fuchs, his contemporary Walter Braufels and choral arrangements of three Schreker songs by Clytus.
Franz Schreker: Der Holdestein
Der Holdestein
Franz Schreker: Vergangenheit
Vergangenheit
Franz Schreker: Versunken
Versunken
Franz Schreker: Auf dem Gottesacker
Auf dem Gottesacker
Franz Schreker: Meereswogen
Meereswogen
Franz Schreker: Gesang der Armen im Winter
Gesang der Armen im Winter
Franz Schreker: Schlehenblute
Schlehenblute
Robert Fuchs: 3 Gesange, Op. 65
No. 1. Letzter Wille
No. 2. Die Narzissen
No. 3. Grasemuckchen
Robert Fuchs: 2 Gesange in Op. 66
No. 1. Elfen und Zwerge
No. 2. Winterlied
Walter Braunfels: 2 Mannerchore
No. 1. Sonnenuntergang
No. 2. Nachtzauber
Franz Schreker: 5 Gedichte, Op. 3 (arr. C. Gottwald)
No. 2. Im Lenz
No. 5. Umsonst
Franz Schreker: Und wie mag die Liebe (arr. C. Gottwald)
Und wie mag die Liebe
June 2012
“Gottwald is well known for his imaginative treatments and so it proves here. These three songs – although some of the shortest on the disc – are the most memorable by some distance.”
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Der Holdestein