Heinz Holliger: Lunea

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Gerhaher is astonishing in the virtuoso principal role...traversing the gamut of language and expression from song to speech. Yet this is an ensemble piece, in which past and present lovers and... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 29th Apr 2022
Catalogue No: 4856322
Label: ECM
Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

July 2022

Opera Choice
International Classical Music Awards

2023

Winner - Contemporary Music
Opus Klassik Awards

2023

Nominated - Composer of the Year
Opus Klassik Awards

2023

Winner - World Premiere Recording

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Holliger: Lunea

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Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Ivan Ludlow (baritone), Annette Schönmüller (mezzo-soprano), Sarah Maria Sun (soprano), Juliane Banse (soprano)
Philharmonia Zurich, Basle Madrigalists
Heinz Holliger
Recorded: 2018-03
Recording Venue: Opernhaus Zürich

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Heinz Holliger's "dream opera" Lunea which was premiered, to great acclaim, at Opernhaus Zurich, interweaves strands from the life and mind of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch (1802-1850), the Hungarian-born Austrian poet who wrote under the name Nikolaus Lenau. Lenau's last, fragmentary writings have fired Holliger's imagination and led to the creation of an intricately inventive work with a marvellously evocative lead role for baritone Christian Gerhaher. Neue Zrcher Zeitung: "Here Gerhaher can display his full sensitivity in dealing with the finest nuances of language and bring to bear his almost unlimited spectrum of tonal-dynamic gradations in the intonation. The poet Lenau speaks most directly from the sounds and notes..." The 2-CD set, in slipcase, is accompanied by an an extensive 120 page German-English booklet with the full libretto by Hndl Klaus and synopses of each of the opera's 23 scenes, as well as a liner essay by Roman Brotbeck, a performer's note by Christian Gerhaher, score fragments, performance photography, and more.

Heinz Holliger: conductor, composer

Christian Gerhaher: baritone

Juliane Banse: soprano

Ivan Ludlow: baritone

Sarah Maria Sun: soprano

Annette Schnmller: soprano

Philharmonia Zrich

Basler Madrigalisten

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July 2022

Gerhaher is astonishing in the virtuoso principal role...traversing the gamut of language and expression from song to speech. Yet this is an ensemble piece, in which past and present lovers and relations are wonderfully performed here, matched by an excellent Basler Madrigalisten and 34-piece Philharmonia Zürich conducted live by Holliger.

12th May 2022

There’s no pretending that Lunea is an easy work to get on terms with, it’s never straightforward. But it is an immensely imaginative opera, full of very beautiful, fragile music.

International Classical Music Awards 2023

Genius and madness – a theme that has always fascinated Heinz Holliger. A song cycle with diary notes by the poet Nikolaus Lenau was created for the baritone Christian Gerhaher. The composer expanded this into the opera Lunea. The result is a work full of playful creativity, coupled with a great sense for the most subtle tonal colours. This exemplary recording was made during the premiere at Opernhaus Zürich.

Heinz Holliger: Lunea

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