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A Dream Play; For to Stay is to be Nowhere

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Details

Composer
Aribert Reimann
Artist
Franziska Rabl, Karsten Jesgarz, James Tolksdorf, Marek Reichert, Opernchor Theater Hof, Hofer Symph
Format
CD
Label
Wergo
Released
Apr 17, 2026
Catalog #
WER73812
UPC
4010228738124

About

Ein Traumspiel" (A Dream Play) - Aribert Reimann's first opera - is finally available on CD, in the production by the Hof Theater that was enthusiastically acclaimed by critics and opera audiences alike. Vocal music is a central element of Aribert Reimann's compositional output, and literature plays an equally central role for him as a source of dramatic impulse, inspiration, and subject matter - as well as providing an opportunity for creative friction and musical transformation. Reimann's compositions for the voice - from unaccompanied solo pieces to opera - are almost always settings of literary texts. The visually stunning "Traumspiel" captivates from the very first note with it's melodic diversity and intensity. Aribert Reimann succeeds in bringing the underlying theme of August Strindberg's play, compassion, to life in a sensual way, and at the end gives Indra's daughter a gift package of human worries, sufferings, and complaints, tied up with masterful music, to take with her to the afterlife to the god Indra. In addition to August Strindberg, Reimann was also inspired by the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, although he takes a completely different musical approach to Rilke's first "Duino Elegy": in his composition "Denn Bleiben ist nirgends" (For to Stay is to be Nowhere), he combines the text, recited by a speaker, with a symphony orchestra playing in a broad, expansive style to create a melodrama. Herein, the music corresponds to Rilke's poetic text that - according to Reimann in his notes on the work - "justifies the development of an independent piece of music and is not simply the point of departure for subsidiary background music." The result is "a constant exchange, in which the expressive impulses sometimes come from the language and are taken up by the music, or vice versa, until each becomes the instrument of the other.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Vorspiel: In den Wolken (Daughter, Chorus) 03:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    Vorspiel: In den Wolken (Daughter, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Aribert Reimann
    Performer
    Franziska Rabl
    Ensemble
    Opernchor des Theaters Hof, Hof Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Walter E. Gugerbauer
  3. 2 Scene 1: Vor dem Schloss (Daughter, Glazier) 02:22
    Track
    2
    Title
    Scene 1: Vor dem Schloss (Daughter, Glazier)
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Aribert Reimann
    Performer
    Franziska Rabl, Daniel Milos
    Ensemble
    Hof Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Walter E. Gugerbauer
  4. 3 Scene 2: Ein Zimmer (Daughter, Officer) 02:47
    Track
    3
    Title
    Scene 2: Ein Zimmer (Daughter, Officer)
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Aribert Reimann
    Performer
    Franziska Rabl, Karsten Jesgarz
    Ensemble
    Hof Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Walter E. Gugerbauer
  5. 4 Scene 3: Das Zimmer der Eltern (Father, Mother, Officer, Daughter) 03:41
    Track
    4
    Title
    Scene 3: Das Zimmer der Eltern (Father, Mother, Officer, Daughter)
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Aribert Reimann
    Performer
    Rainer Mesecke, Laura Lietzmann, Karsten Jesgarz, Franziska Rabl
    Ensemble
    Hof Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Walter E. Gugerbauer
  6. 5 Scene 4: Vor dem Theater (Daughter, Doorkeeper, Notesticker, Singer, Officer, Viktoria, Chorus, Glazier, Policeman) 20:21
    Track
    5
    Title
    Scene 4: Vor dem Theater (Daughter, Doorkeeper, Notesticker, Singer, Officer, Viktoria, Chorus, Glazier, Policeman)
    Duration
    20:21
    Composer
    Aribert Reimann
    Performer
    Franziska Rabl, Stefanie Rhaue, Christian Seidel, Yvonne Prentki, Karsten Jesgarz, Laura Lietzmann, Daniel Milos, Rainer Mesecke
    Ensemble
    Opernchor des Theaters Hof, Hof Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Walter E. Gugerbauer
  7. 6 Scene 5: Büro des Advokaten (Lawyer, Daughter, Officer) 05:10
    Track
    6
    Title
    Scene 5: Büro des Advokaten (Lawyer, Daughter, Officer)
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Aribert Reimann
    Performer
    James Tolksdorf, Franziska Rabl, Karsten Jesgarz
    Ensemble
    Hof Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Walter E. Gugerbauer
  8. 7 Scene 6: In der Kirche (Lawyer, Daughter, Chorus) 08:33
    Track
    7
    Title
    Scene 6: In der Kirche (Lawyer, Daughter, Chorus)
    Duration
    08:33
    Composer
    Aribert Reimann
    Performer
    James Tolksdorf, Franziska Rabl
    Ensemble
    Opernchor des Theaters Hof, Hof Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Walter E. Gugerbauer
  9. 8 Scene 7: Die Fingalsgrotte (Lawyer, Daughter) 03:30
    Track
    8
    Title
    Scene 7: Die Fingalsgrotte (Lawyer, Daughter)
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Aribert Reimann
    Performer
    James Tolksdorf, Franziska Rabl
    Ensemble
    Hof Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Walter E. Gugerbauer
  10. Disc 2
  11. 1 Scene 8: In der Wohnung des Advokaten (Kristin, Daughter, Lawyer, Officer) 07:38
    Track
    1
    Title
    Scene 8: In der Wohnung des Advokaten (Kristin, Daughter, Lawyer, Officer)
    Duration
    07:38
    Composer
    Aribert Reimann
    Performer
    Bärbel Kubicek, Franziska Rabl, James Tolksdorf, Karsten Jesgarz
    Ensemble
    Hof Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Walter E. Gugerbauer
  12. 2 Scene 9: Strand der Schande (Officer, Quarantine Master, He, She, Poet, Daughter) 09:51
    Track
    2
    Title
    Scene 9: Strand der Schande (Officer, Quarantine Master, He, She, Poet, Daughter)
    Duration
    09:51
    Composer
    Aribert Reimann
    Performer
    Karsten Jesgarz, Rainer Mesecke, Min Seok Kim, Yvonne Prentki, Marek Reichert, Franziska Rabl
    Ensemble
    Hof Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Walter E. Gugerbauer
  13. 3 Scene 10: Die schöne Bucht (Daughter, Edith, Naval Officer, Poet, Lawyer) 11:03
    Track
    3
    Title
    Scene 10: Die schöne Bucht (Daughter, Edith, Naval Officer, Poet, Lawyer)
    Duration
    11:03
    Composer
    Aribert Reimann
    Performer
    Franziska Rabl, Yvonne Prentki, Karsten Jesgarz, Marek Reichert, James Tolksdorf
    Ensemble
    Hof Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Walter E. Gugerbauer
  14. 4 Scene 11: Die Fingalsgrotte (Poet, Daughter, Chorus) 13:15
    Track
    4
    Title
    Scene 11: Die Fingalsgrotte (Poet, Daughter, Chorus)
    Duration
    13:15
    Composer
    Aribert Reimann
    Performer
    Marek Reichert, Franziska Rabl
    Ensemble
    Opernchor des Theaters Hof, Hof Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Walter E. Gugerbauer
  15. 5 Scene 12: Vor dem Theater (Daughter, Doorkeeper, Chorus, Officer, Victoria, Poet, Chancellor, Dean of Theology, Dean of Philosophy, Dean of Law, Dean of Medicine, Glazier) 08:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    Scene 12: Vor dem Theater (Daughter, Doorkeeper, Chorus, Officer, Victoria, Poet, Chancellor, Dean of Theology, Dean of Philosophy, Dean of Law, Dean of Medicine, Glazier)
    Duration
    08:40
    Composer
    Aribert Reimann
    Performer
    Franziska Rabl, Stefanie Rhaue, Karsten Jesgarz, Laura Lietzmann, Marek Reichert, Rainer Mesecke, Min Seok Kim, Wladimir Polatynski, Joscha Blatzheim, Thilo Andersson, Daniel Milos
    Ensemble
    Opernchor des Theaters Hof, Hof Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Walter E. Gugerbauer
  16. 6 Scene 13: Vor dem Schloss (Daughter, Poet, Doorkeeper, Officer, Notesticker, Glazier, Lawyer, Quarantine Master, Victoria, Edith, Don Juan, Theologian, Kristin) 07:43
    Track
    6
    Title
    Scene 13: Vor dem Schloss (Daughter, Poet, Doorkeeper, Officer, Notesticker, Glazier, Lawyer, Quarantine Master, Victoria, Edith, Don Juan, Theologian, Kristin)
    Duration
    07:43
    Composer
    Aribert Reimann
    Performer
    Franziska Rabl, Marek Reichert, Stefanie Rhaue, Karsten Jesgarz, Christian Seidel, Daniel Milos, James Tolksdorf, Rainer Mesecke, Laura Lietzmann, Yvonne Prentki, Peter Potzelt, Min Seok Kim, Bärbel Kubicek
    Ensemble
    Hof Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Walter E. Gugerbauer
  17. 7 Denn Bleiben ist nirgends 20:37
    Track
    7
    Title
    Denn Bleiben ist nirgends
    Duration
    20:37
    Composer
    Aribert Reimann
    Performer
    Martin Engler
    Ensemble
    Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Manuel Nawri