Einem: Philadelphia Symphonie / Welser-Möst, Vienna Philharmonic

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Label
Orfeo
Release Date
February 16, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VON EINEM, GOTTFRIED
    • PERFORMER
      Raimondi, Apkalna, Boldoczki, Wiener Philharmoniker, Welser-Most
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 16, 2018
    • UPC
      4011790929125
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ORF-C929181A
    • LABEL
      Orfeo
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro giusto

      Composer: Gottfried von Einem

      Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic

      Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst

    2. II. Andante

      Composer: Gottfried von Einem

      Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic

      Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst

    3. III. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Gottfried von Einem

      Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic

      Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst

    4. I. Allegro

      Composer: Gottfried von Einem

      Performer: Gábor Boldoczki, Iveta Apkalna

    5. II. Molto andante

      Composer: Gottfried von Einem

      Performer: Ildikó Raimondi, Iveta Apkalna

    6. III. Moderato

      Composer: Gottfried von Einem

      Performer: Ildikó Raimondi, Gábor Boldoczki, Iveta Apkalna

    7. IV. Andante - Allegro - Andante - Allegro

      Composer: Gottfried von Einem

      Performer: Ildikó Raimondi, Gábor Boldoczki, Iveta Apkalna

    8. No. 1. Als er aus dem Tempel stracks die Händler ausgewiesen

      Composer: Gottfried von Einem

      Ensemble: Wiener Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic

      Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst

    9. No. 2. In der ersten Tagesstund war der Herr bescheiden

      Composer: Gottfried von Einem

      Ensemble: Wiener Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic

      Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst

    10. No. 3. Um zwei, wenn die Sonn' das All noch einmal beschienen

      Composer: Gottfried von Einem

      Ensemble: Wiener Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic

      Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst

    11. No. 4. Um drei ward der Gottessohn mit Geißeln geschmissen

      Composer: Gottfried von Einem

      Ensemble: Wiener Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic

      Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst

    12. No. 5. Uns hat eine Ros' ergetzet

      Composer: Gottfried von Einem

      Ensemble: Wiener Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic

      Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst

    13. No. 6. Um vier hat ihm eine Frau ihr Brusttuch angeboten

      Composer: Gottfried von Einem

      Ensemble: Wiener Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic

      Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst

    14. No. 7. Um sechs war er nackt und bloß ans Kreuz geschlagen

      Composer: Gottfried von Einem

      Ensemble: Wiener Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic

      Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst

    15. No. 8. Jesus schreit zur neunden Stund, klaget sich verlassen

      Composer: Gottfried von Einem

      Ensemble: Wiener Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic

      Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst

    16. No. 9. Da hat man zur Vesperzeit der Schech'r Bein zerbrochen

      Composer: Gottfried von Einem

      Ensemble: Wiener Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic

      Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst


The longer the modern era lasts, the older “New Music” grows, and the more versatile it becomes. Upon closer listening, one quickly becomes aware of the many byways and backroads of the genre, in addition to the principal trends, and one composer who trod his own path decisively, with great success, is Gottfried von Einem. Since his breakthrough with the premiere of his opera Dantons Tod (the death of Danton) at the Salzburg Festival in 1947, through to the composer’s death in 1996, many of his works have been performed on the international music stage, as witness recordings featuring the likes of Böhm, Karajan and George Szell on this label. However, everyone knows that for a composer to continue to develop his artistic skills he needs more than glittering premieres, and so the Orfeo label is delighted to mark the 100th birthday of the composer born in 1918 by releasing, alongside other new recordings of his works from its catalogue, a retrospective of von Einem’s work featuring the very best performers of today.

The earliest work on this new release is the choral work with orchestra Stundenlied, which originates from a highly interesting cultural and historical source: a collaboration with the playwright Bertolt Brecht who from 1949 lived in the German Democratic Republic. The story of Christ’s passion is witnessed and presented in a popular, naive way as a dreadful event and brilliantly depicted by von Einem using simple and stringent compositional means to produce a work that is haunting and authoritative, performed here by the Singverein and Philharmonic Orchestra of Vienna under Franz Welser-Möst.