Die Jakobsleiter = Jacob's ladder = L'échelle de Jacob : oratorio for soloists, choruses and orchestra (fragment) / orchestration by Winfried Zillig (44:08) -- Erwartung = Expectation = Attente : op. 17: monodrama in 1 act for soprano and orchestra (29:25) -- Die glückliche Hand = The lucky hand = Le main heureuse : op. 18: drama with music (20:37) -- Chamber symphony no. 1, op. 9 : for 15 solo instruments (19:41) -- Chamber symphony no. 2, op. 38 (20:56) -- 3 pieces for chamber orchestra (2:16) -- 4 orchestral songs, op. 22: Seraphita "Erscheine jetzt nicht, traumverlornes Angesicht" (text by Stefan George after Ernest Dowson) (5:36) ; "Alle, welche dich suchen" (text by Rainer Maria Rilke) (1:39) ; "Mach mich zum Wächter deiner Weiten" (text by Rainer Maria Rilke) (3:36) ; Vorgefühl "Ich bin wie eine Fahne von Fernen umgeben" (text by Rainer Maria Rilke) (2:22).
Note
The 1st work is an unfinished oratorio for solo voices, chorus and orchestra ; the 2nd work is a monodrama for soprano and orchestra ; the 3rd work is a drama with music for baritone, chorus, and orchestra ; the 4th work for flute/piccolo, oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, and double bass.
Text for the 1st and 3rd works by the composer ; text for the 2nd work by Marie Pappenheim.
Die glückliche Hand ; Lieder op. 22 ; Kammersinfonien 1 & 2 ; Erwartung ; Jakobsleiter ; Drei Stücke (1910) / Arnold Schoenberg.
Publisher
[New York, N.Y.] : Sony Classical, [2014]
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
In the 1st work: Ortrun Wenkel, Mady Mesplé, sopranos ; Kenneth Bowen, Ian Partridge, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenors ; Siegmund Nimsgern, John Shirley-Quirk, baritones ; Paul Hudson, bass ; BBC Singers ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Pierre Boulez, conductor. In the 2nd work: Janis Martin, soprano ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Pierre Boulez, conductor. In the 3rd work: Siegmund Nimsgern, bass ; BBC Singers ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Pierre Boulez, conductor. In the 4th-6th works: Ensemble intercontemporain ; Pierre Boulez, conductor. In the 7th work: Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Pierre Boulez, conductor.
Event
First, fourth and fifth works recorded 1980 April 1 & 5 IRCAM, Paris, France.
Second, third and seventh works recorded 1977 April 14-15 1981 March 12 London, England.