Debussy & Schoenberg: Pelléas et Málisande / Nott, Orchestra of Suisse-Romande

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PENTATONE
Release Date
November 12, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DEBUSSY SCHOENBERG
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Orchestre De La Suisse Romande
    • PERFORMER
      Nott
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 12, 2021
    • UPC
      827949078262
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PTC5186782
    • LABEL
      PENTATONE
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Act I: A forest

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    2. Act I: Golaud & Mélisande

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    3. Act I: A forest (interlude)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    4. Act I: Pelléas - A room in the castle

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    5. Act I: Mélisande, Golaud, Pelléas

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    6. Act II: A well in the garden - Pelléas and Mélisande

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    7. Act II: Golaud, Mélisande

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    8. Act III: Mélisande, Pelléas - One of the castle's towers

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    9. Act III: Golaud appears

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    10. Act IV: A room in the castle - Golaud and Mélisande

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    11. Act IV: A well in the garden - Pelléas, Mélisande

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    12. Act IV: Golaud appears; The death of Pelléas

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    13. Act V: A room in the castle

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    14. Act V: Castle maids appear

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    15. Act V: The immutability of destiny

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    16. Die Achtel ein wenig bewegt - Ein wenig bewegter -

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    17. Heftig - Sehr warm, in breiter Bewegung -

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    18. Lebhaft - Wieder lebhaft - Etwas zurückhaltend - Langsamer - Wieder lebhafter - Langsamer - Ein wenig bewegter - Steigernd -

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    19. Sehr rasch - Wieder im Zeitmaß -

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    20. [Rehearsal No. 22] - Langsam -

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    21. [Rehearsal No. 23] - Heftig - Wieder langsam - Heftig -

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    22. [Pick up to 6 bars before Rehearsal No. 25] -

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    23. Sehr langsam - Nach und nach beschleunigen -

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    24. Sehr rasch, heftig - Langsam -

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    25. Sehr langsam, gedehnt

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    26. Ein wenig bewegt -

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    27. Langsam -

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    28. Im Zeitmaß - Ein wenig bewegter - Breit - Nach und nach beschleunigend, steigernd - Breit -

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    29. Ein wenig bewegter - Etwas bewegter - Sehr ausdrucksvoll, etwas breiter - Steigernd - Sehr breit -

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    30. Viel rascher, beschleunigend - Nach und nach langsamer -

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    31. Sehr langsam - Etwas langsamer - Wieder wie vorher - Nach und nach etwas bewegter - Langsam -

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    32. Etwas bewegt -

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    33. Etwas belebter - Etwas rascher -

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    34. In gehender Bewegung -

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott

    35. Breit - Langsam - Nach und nach wieder ins Tempo

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Jonathan Nott


This new OSR recording presents the two most ambitious musical responses to Maurice Maeterlinck’s 1893 epoch-making play Pelléas et Mélisande. Conductor Jonathan Nott has created a new suite of Debussy’s opera, which is much more extensive, and focuses more on the actual drama and symphonic development than existing suites that rely heavily on Debussy’s interludes. Schoenberg’s Pelléas und Melisande is often perceived as relatively “amorphous”, its narrative structure obscure, leaving concealed all but the most explicit references to the drama on which Schoenberg based it. In this recording, Jonathan Nott introduces a novel track division and analytical track titles that make the music’s relation to the story much more tangible to the listener. Programming it next to the music of Debussy’s opera allows us to compare both works, and to see how the most important innovators of turn-of-the-century music responded to this haunting, Symbolist story. The arrangement of Debussy’s music on this recording is the work of Jonathan Nott.

REVIEW:

For many listeners, conductor Jonathan Nott's new version of Debussy's work will be reason enough to check this album out. While his task was a difficult one, the results give a feel for the flow of the opera. But there's more. Nott has configured the track divisions and track titles of Schoenberg's single-movement Pelleas und Melisande in a novel way. In part, he seems to have relied on Alban Berg's analysis of the work as a combination of four-movement sonata form and the Wagnerian leitmotif technique, and the track titles, Nott's own, reflect this. One might debate what has been done in the cases of both Debussy and Schoenberg, but there's no debating the value of his effort; comparing the Debussy and the Schoenberg side by side is fascinating. Nott further emphasizes the direct comparison with his relatively straightforward performances of the two works, avoiding operatic gestures in the Debussy, and the venerable Swiss orchestra follows him well through unfamiliar interpretations. This is highly recommended for aficionados of the early 20th century.

-- AllMusic.com (James Manheim)