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Gál: Das Lied Der Nacht, Op. 23 / Hotz, Osnabrucker Symphonieorchester

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Composer
GAL, HANS
Artist
Opernchor Des Theaters Osnabruck, Hotz
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Apr 12, 2019
Catalog #
555186-2
UPC
761203518623

About

After 1933 nobody had the opportunity to hear this opera. Then the Osnabrück Music Theater rediscovered Das Lied der Nacht by Hans Gál and performed it in 2017. This late-romantic opera to a text by Karl Michael von Levetzow premiered in 1926, but since its composer was of Jewish origin, the Nazis prohibited stage productions of it. During his later years Hans Gál was doubly forgotten: as one of the many Jewish artists who were forced into exile by the Fascists and as a conservative "very-latest romanticist" pursuing paths laid out by Brahms and Richard Strauss. He himself described Das Lied der Nacht as a "dramatic ballad" symbolically representing the emotional world of a Sicilian hereditary princess destined for sovereignty. The text set in twelfth-century Palermo evokes a magical, romantic world in which Antiquity and Byzantine and Moorish elements combine to form a synthesis of rare fascination and a lyrical blend of European and Oriental culture. After the premiere at the end of May 2017, the NOZ wrote, "Fantastic music, a good libretto, a marvelous performance, an all-around successful rediscovery that the premiere audience in the Osnabrück Theater celebrated with abundant applause." Now on cpo and an absolute listening must!

Tracklist 24 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Act I: Es ist unerhört! (Folgedamen, Galwine, Hämone) 04:22
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act I: Es ist unerhört! (Folgedamen, Galwine, Hämone)
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Miyuki Sanli, Susann Vent-Wunderlich
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Theatre Chorus, Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  3. 2 Act I: Verehrte Damen, wisst ihr Neues? (Kanzler, Folgedamen, Hämone) 04:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I: Verehrte Damen, wisst ihr Neues? (Kanzler, Folgedamen, Hämone)
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Oliver Weidinger, Susann Vent-Wunderlich
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Theatre Chorus, Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  4. 3 Act I: Tancred! Herr Tancred! Seid uns gegrüßt! (Folgedamen, Tancred, Hämone, Galwine) 02:50
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I: Tancred! Herr Tancred! Seid uns gegrüßt! (Folgedamen, Tancred, Hämone, Galwine)
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Rhys Jenkins, Susann Vent-Wunderlich, Miyuki Sanli
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Theatre Chorus, Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  5. 4 Act I: Herr Tancred! (Lianora, Tancred) 02:13
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I: Herr Tancred! (Lianora, Tancred)
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Lina Liu, Rhys Jenkins
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  6. 5 Act I: Lianora, die Stunde drängt (Tancred, Folgedamen, Lianora, Kanzler, Hämone) 08:45
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I: Lianora, die Stunde drängt (Tancred, Folgedamen, Lianora, Kanzler, Hämone)
    Duration
    08:45
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Rhys Jenkins, Lina Liu, Oliver Weidinger, Susann Vent-Wunderlich
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Theatre Chorus, Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  7. 6 Act I: Sie selbst, die steinerne Äbtissin! (Folgedamen, Äbtissin, Nonnen, Lianora) 05:42
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act I: Sie selbst, die steinerne Äbtissin! (Folgedamen, Äbtissin, Nonnen, Lianora)
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Gritt Gnauck, Kathrin Brauer, Heike Hollenberg, Radoslava Yordanova, Lina Liu
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Theatre Chorus, Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  8. 7 Act I: Jahrelang hielt ich das heimliche Zepter (Äbtissin, Lianora, Nonnen) 11:40
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act I: Jahrelang hielt ich das heimliche Zepter (Äbtissin, Lianora, Nonnen)
    Duration
    11:40
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Gritt Gnauck, Lina Liu, Kathrin Brauer, Heike Hollenberg, Radoslava Yordanova
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  9. 8 Act I: Was ist gewesen? (Lianora, Ciullo, Folgedamen, Kanzler, Männer) 11:04
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act I: Was ist gewesen? (Lianora, Ciullo, Folgedamen, Kanzler, Männer)
    Duration
    11:04
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Lina Liu, Ralph Ertel, Oliver Weidinger
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Theatre Chorus, Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  10. 9 Act I: Nachen, mein Nachen gegen die Wellen! (Namenloser Sänger, Lianora) 02:42
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act I: Nachen, mein Nachen gegen die Wellen! (Namenloser Sänger, Lianora)
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Ralph Ertel, Lina Liu
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  11. Disc 2
  12. 1 Act II: Prelude 06:35
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act II: Prelude
    Duration
    06:35
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  13. 2 Act II: Noch immer ist die Prinzessin traurig? (Hämone, Lianora) 11:19
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act II: Noch immer ist die Prinzessin traurig? (Hämone, Lianora)
    Duration
    11:19
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Susann Vent-Wunderlich, Lina Liu
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  14. 3 Act II: Ich gehe, Lianora (Hämone, Lianora) 03:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act II: Ich gehe, Lianora (Hämone, Lianora)
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Susann Vent-Wunderlich, Lina Liu
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  15. 4 Act II: Die Sommernacht nur summt (Lianora, Namenloser Sänger) 12:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act II: Die Sommernacht nur summt (Lianora, Namenloser Sänger)
    Duration
    12:00
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Lina Liu, Ralph Ertel
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  16. 5 Act II: Mit wem spricht die Prinzessin bei Nacht? (Tancred, Lianora, Namenloser Sänger) 02:19
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act II: Mit wem spricht die Prinzessin bei Nacht? (Tancred, Lianora, Namenloser Sänger)
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Rhys Jenkins, Lina Liu, Ralph Ertel
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  17. 6 Act II: Was ist gewesen? (Lianora, Namenloser Sänger) 04:59
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act II: Was ist gewesen? (Lianora, Namenloser Sänger)
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Lina Liu, Ralph Ertel
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  18. 7 Act II: Lass … lass mich jetzt (Lianora, Namenloser Sänger) 05:36
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act II: Lass … lass mich jetzt (Lianora, Namenloser Sänger)
    Duration
    05:36
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Lina Liu, Ralph Ertel
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  19. 8 Act III: Introduction 04:02
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act III: Introduction
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  20. 9 Act III: Mit Myrthenblüten (Folgedamen, Männer, Hämone, Galwine, Tancred) 05:13
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act III: Mit Myrthenblüten (Folgedamen, Männer, Hämone, Galwine, Tancred)
    Duration
    05:13
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Susann Vent-Wunderlich, Miyuki Sanli, Rhys Jenkins
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Theatre Chorus, Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  21. 10 Act III: Genug, Herr Tancred! (Lianora, Hämone, Kanzler, Tancred) 05:34
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act III: Genug, Herr Tancred! (Lianora, Hämone, Kanzler, Tancred)
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Lina Liu, Susann Vent-Wunderlich, Oliver Weidinger, Rhys Jenkins
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  22. 11 Act III: Interlude 02:17
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act III: Interlude
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  23. 12 Act III: Heil, Lianora! Heil! (Volk, Lianora, Kanzler, Tancred) 06:34
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act III: Heil, Lianora! Heil! (Volk, Lianora, Kanzler, Tancred)
    Duration
    06:34
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Lina Liu, Oliver Weidinger, Rhys Jenkins
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Theatre Chorus, Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  24. 13 Act III: Nachen, mein Nachen, wohin verschlagen? (Namenloser Sänger, Volk, Lianora) 02:48
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act III: Nachen, mein Nachen, wohin verschlagen? (Namenloser Sänger, Volk, Lianora)
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Ralph Ertel, Lina Liu
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Theatre Chorus, Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  25. 14 Act III: Ah, Schmach! (Lianora, Tancred, Volk, Kanzler, Ciullo, Chorus) 04:20
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act III: Ah, Schmach! (Lianora, Tancred, Volk, Kanzler, Ciullo, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Lina Liu, Rhys Jenkins, Oliver Weidinger, Ralph Ertel
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Theatre Chorus, Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz
  26. 15 Act III: Komm, Schwester Lianora! (Äbtissin, Nonnen) 05:13
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act III: Komm, Schwester Lianora! (Äbtissin, Nonnen)
    Duration
    05:13
    Composer
    Hans Gál
    Performer
    Gritt Gnauck, Kathrin Brauer, Heike Hollenberg, Radoslava Yordanova
    Ensemble
    Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Andreas Hotz