Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony Op. 18 - Capriccio: C71081 - download | Presto Classical

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…Christoph Eschenbach has such an acute feeling for the musical line - whether it is carried by the voices or the orchestra - and such a fine ear for aural perspective, that it all comes together... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 10th Apr 2006
Catalogue No: C71081
Label: Capriccio
Length: 51 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

July 2006

Disc of the month
Record Review

December 2006

Critics Disc of the Year
Gramophone Magazine

July 2006

Editor's Choice
BBC Music Magazine Awards

2007

Award for Technical Excellence in Recording

Contents

Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony Op. 18

Work length51:43

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Matthias Goerne (baritone), Christine Schäfer (soprano)
Orchestre de Paris
Christoph Eschenbach

I. Ich bin friedlos

Track length10:48

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II. Mutter, der junge Prinz

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III. Du bist die Abendwolke

Track length7:11

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IV. Sprich zu mir, Geliebter

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V. Befrei' mich von den Banden

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VI. Vollende denn das letzte Lied

Track length5:22

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VII. Friede, mein Herz

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July 2006

…Christoph Eschenbach has such an acute feeling for the musical line - whether it is carried by the voices or the orchestra - and such a fine ear for aural perspective, that it all comes together beautifully. Matthias Goerne is majestic and tender, and thrillingly true on every note. ...Christine Schäfer... sings with such character, passion and tender sensitivity that I feel faintly guilty for mentioning the odd tiny fault.

2010

There have been several memorable recordings of Zemlinsky's masterpiece and this one, the first for many years, can be placed in their company.
Christoph Eschenbach and his soloists clearly agree that the Lyric Symphony is not simply an orchestral song-cycle but a symphonic music-drama: the resulting performance has all the vividness and immediacy of a live event yet – equally importantly – excessive histrionics are avoided. This is music that needs no nudging or special pleading to exercise its power and poignancy.
Matthias Goerne has the combination of vocal heft and lyric mellifluousness necessary to sustain the demanding lines of the work's four oddnumbered episodes. Perhaps the third section, with its particularly sumptuous orchestral backcloth, could have taken a degree or two more of sheer vocal refinement, but overall Goerne does full justice to the heart-rending finale.
Christine Schäfer is especially convincing in the dramatic final stages of the second movement, and also in the expressionistic sixth. Ideally, the fourth movement's gentle lover's plea might be even more rapt, more other-worldly than it is here. But this reading fits well with the interpretation as a whole. The voices are forwardly placed without loss of orchestral detail, and only in the brief, turbulent fifth movement might one feel that the instrumental sound needs more edge. Even so, the orchestral playing throughout is superb.

July 2006

Christoph Eschenbach and his soloists clearly agree that the Lyric Symphony is not simply an orchestral song-cycle but a symphonic music-drama: the resulting performance has all the vividness and immediacy of a live event… Matthias Goerne has the combination of vocal heft and lyric mellifluousness necessary to sustain the demanding lines of the work's four odd-numbered episodes. ...Goerne yields little in compelling characterisation to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau... Bryn Terfel... or Håkan Hagegård... Similarly, Christine Schäfer is a worthy successor to Julia Varady, Deborah Voigt and Alexandra Marc. She is especially convincing in the dramatic final stages of the second movement, and also in the expressionistic sixth. ...the orchestral playing throughout is superb.

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