Emmanuel Krivine conducts R. Strauss & Zemlinsky

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Krivine's approach to [Zemlinsky's The Mermaid] is emotionally compelling…[with] fluidity of nuance and urgency…this is particularly noticeable in the very few surging orchestral climaxes where... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 20th May 2016
Catalogue No: ALPHA236
Label: Alpha
Length: 60 minutes

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Strauss, R: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28

Work length14:36

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Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine, Leo Halsdorf
Recorded: 30 March-2 April 2015, 7-8 April 2015
Recording Venue: The Grand Auditorium of the Philharmonie Luxembourg, Établissement Public Salle De Concerts Grande-Duchesse Jose Phine-Charlotte, Luxembourg

Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau

Work length46:06

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Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine
Recorded: 30 March-2 April 2015, 7-8 April 2015
Recording Venue: The Grand Auditorium of the Philharmonie Luxembourg, Établissement Public Salle De Concerts Grande-Duchesse Jose Phine-Charlotte, Luxembourg

I. Sehr mäßig bewegt

Track length15:25

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II. Sehr bewegt, rauschend

Track length17:38

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III. Sehr gedehnt, mit schmerzvollem Ausdruck

Track length13:03

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In this new recording devoted to the symphonic poem, Emmanuel Krivine and the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra couple two of the finest composers in the genre, Alexander von Zemlinsky and Richard Strauss. Die Seejungfrau follows the narrative of Andersen’s tale The Little Mermaid: the realm of the Mer-king, the storm and the Prince’s fall into the waters and rescue by the Little Mermaid; her transformation into a woman by the Sea Witch; the Prince’s admission that he does not love her and marriage to another woman; the Mermaid’s death. It is said that this work was Zemlinsky’s way of exorcising his grief after Alma Schindler, with whom he was madly in love, decided to marry Gustav Mahler. Richard Strauss may be said to have taken the style of the symphonic poem to its peak. Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, which revives the world of a character from north German literature – a vagrant trickster who supposedly lived in the Middle Ages – transcends the genre with its orchestral and melodic verve and a constant renewal of the form itself. This supremely virtuosic, Romantic score, a sarcastic work that mocks bourgeois conventions, set the seal on the composer’s international success.

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September 2016

Krivine's approach to [Zemlinsky's The Mermaid] is emotionally compelling…[with] fluidity of nuance and urgency…this is particularly noticeable in the very few surging orchestral climaxes where Krivine really notches up the tension…[Till Eulenspiegel receives] a sparkling account supported by incisive and strongly characterised orchestral playing

August 2016

[The Zemlinsky] contains some wonderful music and is full of gentle yearning and delicious fin de siècle ripeness and Weltschmerz. And Krivine clearly loves it, bringing ardency to the Gurrelieder-like love music

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