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Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50

Solveig Kringelborn (soprano), Dorothee Jansen (soprano), Dagmar Pecková (mezzo), Christoph Homberger (tenor), Andreas Karasiak (tenor), Russell Braun (baritone)

EuropaChorAkademie & SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Joshard Daus (chorus-master), Sylvain Cambreling

Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50

Solveig Kringelborn (soprano), Dorothee Jansen (soprano), Dagmar Pecková (mezzo), Christoph Homberger (tenor), Andreas Karasiak (tenor), Russell Braun (baritone)

EuropaChorAkademie & SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Joshard Daus (chorus-master), Sylvain Cambreling

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About

The words of this unusual composition come from a work called “Lallah Rookh” by Thomas Moore, who was a contemporary of Schumann. The Peri is a Persian spirit who has been cast out of Paradise. In this work, Schumann produced some rich choral writing and the role of Peri is a particularly difficult one. Sylvain Cambreling conducts.

Recorded Konzerthaus Wien on 15th May 2002

Contents and tracklist

Part I: Vor Edens Tor im Morgenprangen (Alto)
Track length4:22
Part I: Wie glucklich sie wandeln, die sel'gen Geister (Peri)
Track length2:46
Part I: Der hehre Engel, der die Pforte (Tenor, Engel)
Track length2:05
Part I: Wo find' ich sie? Wo bluht, wo liegt (Peri)
Track length2:18
Part I: So sann sie nach und schwang die Flugel - O susses land (Tenor, Soprano, Alto, Baritone)
Track length1:19
Part I: Doch seine Strome sind jetzt rot von (Chorus)
Track length3:15
Part I: Und einsam steht ein Jungling noch (Tenor, Chorus, Gazna, Jungling)
Track length2:24
Part I: Weh, weh, er fehlte das Ziel (Chorus)
Track length2:15
Part I: Die Peri sah das Mai der Wunde (Tenor, Peri, Chorus)
Track length6:57
Part II: Die Peri tritt mit schuchterner Gebarde (Tenor, Engel, Chorus)
Track length3:11
Part II: Ihr erstes Himmelschoffen schwand (Tenor, Chorus, Peri)
Track length4:01
Part II: Fort streift von hier das Kind der Lufte (Tenor, Peri)
Track length3:31
Part II: Die Peri weint, von ihrer Trane scheint - Denn in der Tran' (Tenor, Soprano, Alto, Bass)
Track length3:09
Part II: Im Waldesgrun am stillen See (Alto, Jungling)
Track length3:25
Part II: Verlassener Jungling, nur das Eine (Alto, Tenor, Jungling)
Track length5:01
Part II: O lass mich von der Luft durchdringen (Jungfrau, Tenor)
Track length4:20
Part II: Schlaf nun und ruhe in Traumen voll Duft (Peri, Chorus)
Track length5:05
Part III: Schmucket die Stufen zu Allahs Thron (Chorus)
Track length3:56
Part III: Dem Sang von Ferne lauschend, schwingt (Tenor, Engel)
Track length3:23
Part III: Verstossen! Verschlossen (Peri)
Track length4:44
Part III: Jetzt sank des Abends gold'ner Schein (Bass)
Track length4:11
Part III: Peri, ist's wahr (Tenor, Chorus, Baritone)
Track length3:55
Part III: Hinab zu jenem Sonnentempel! (Peri, Tenor, Mezzo-soprano, Mann)
Track length7:11
Part III: O heil'ge Tranen inniger Reue (Chorus, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
Track length4:08
Part III: Es fallt ein Tropfen aufs Land (Peri, Tenor, Chorus)
Track length7:14
Part III: Freud', ew'ge Freude, mein Werk ist getan (Peri, Chorus)
Track length7:16
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