Henze: Das verratene Meer / Young, Vienna State Opera Orchestra

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Label
Capriccio
Release Date
October 1, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HENZE, HANS WERNER
    • PERFORMER
      Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper, Young
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 01, 2021
    • UPC
      845221054605
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      C5460
    • LABEL
      Capriccio
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Part I Scene 1: Und morgen besuchen wir das Schiff (Fusako, Noboru)

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Vera-Lotte Boecker, Josh Lovell

      Conductor: Simone Young

    2. Part I Scene 1: Verwandlungsmusik

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Simone Young

    3. Part I Scene 2: Ich melde Sie dem 2. Offizier (Maat, Ryuji, Fusako, Noboru)

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Jörg Schneider, Bo Skovhus, Vera-Lotte Boecker, Josh Lovell

      Conductor: Simone Young

    4. Part I Scene 2: Verwandlungsmusik

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Simone Young

    5. Part I Scene 3: Was für ein wunderbarer Abend (Ryuji, Fusako)

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Bo Skovhus, Vera-Lotte Boecker

      Conductor: Simone Young

    6. Part I Scene 3: Verwandlungsmusik

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Simone Young

    7. Part I Scene 4: Ryuji… Mein Herz schlägt (Fusako, Ryuji, Noboru)

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Vera-Lotte Boecker, Bo Skovhus, Josh Lovell

      Conductor: Simone Young

    8. Part I Scene 4: Nachspiel

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Simone Young

    9. Part I Scene 4: Still, ganz still nur (Noboru)

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Josh Lovell

      Conductor: Simone Young

    10. Part I Scene 4: Verwandlungsmusik

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Simone Young

    11. Part I Scene 5: Der Seemann ist ungeheuerlich! (Noboru, Anführer, Nummer Zwei, Vier, Fünf)

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Josh Lovell, Erik Van Heyningen, Kangmin Justin Kim, Stefan Astakhov, Martin Häßler

      Conductor: Simone Young

    12. Part I Scene 5: Verwandlungsmusik

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Simone Young

    13. Part I Scene 6: Ich hätte Lust mich abzukühlen (Ryuji, Noboru, Anführer, Nummer Zwei, Vier, Fünf)

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Bo Skovhus, Josh Lovell, Erik Van Heyningen, Kangmin Justin Kim, Stefan Astakhov, Martin Häßler

      Conductor: Simone Young

    14. Part I Scene 6: Verwandlungsmusik

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Simone Young

    15. Part I Scene 7: Aber schon zum Neujahrsfest bin ich zurück (Ryuji, Fusako, Noboru)

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Bo Skovhus, Vera-Lotte Boecker, Josh Lovell

      Conductor: Simone Young

    16. Part I Scene 7: Verwandlungsmusik

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Simone Young

    17. Part I Scene 8: Hier ist es! (Noboru, Anführer, Nummer Zwei, Vier, Fünf)

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Josh Lovell, Erik Van Heyningen, Kangmin Justin Kim, Stefan Astakhov, Martin Häßler

      Conductor: Simone Young

    18. Part II: Vorspiel

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Simone Young

    19. Part II Scene 9: Das neue Jahr soll glücklich für uns werden! (Fusako, Ryuji)

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Vera-Lotte Boecker, Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: Simone Young

    20. Part II Scene 9: Verwandlungsmusik

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Simone Young

    21. Part II Scene 10: Noch immer hat mein Vater mir kein Luftgewehr gekauft (Noboru, Anführer, Nummer Zwei, Vier, Fünf)

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Josh Lovell, Erik Van Heyningen, Kangmin Justin Kim, Stefan Astakhov, Martin Häßler

      Conductor: Simone Young

    22. Part II Scene 10: Verwandlungsmusik

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Simone Young

    23. Part II Scene 11: Ich muss dir heute etwas sehr Wichtiges sagen (Fusako, Ryuji, Noboru)

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Vera-Lotte Boecker, Bo Skovhus, Josh Lovell

      Conductor: Simone Young

    24. Part II Scene 11: Verwandlungsmusik

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Simone Young

    25. Part II Scene 12: Ryuyi Tsukazakis Vergehen (Noboru, Nummer Zwei, Vier, Fünf, Anführer)

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Josh Lovell, Kangmin Justin Kim, Stefan Astakhov, Martin Häßler, Erik Van Heyningen

      Conductor: Simone Young

    26. Part II Scene 12: Verwandlungsmusik

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Simone Young

    27. Part II Scene 13: Ein Kleid aus Blüten werde ich tragen (Fusako)

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Vera-Lotte Boecker

      Conductor: Simone Young

    28. Part II Scene 14: Und wo ist euer Trockendock? (Ryuji, Anführer, Noboru, Nummer Zwei, Vier, Fünf)

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Bo Skovhus, Erik Van Heyningen, Josh Lovell, Kangmin Justin Kim, Stefan Astakhov, Martin Häßler

      Conductor: Simone Young


‘I find myself increasingly occupied with matters of the human soul, its sublimation and spiritual abyss. Certainly my opera The Ocean Betrayed betrays this preoccupation. This music has been to Hades and back, with Monteverdi and myself.’ Hans-Werner Henze. Henze originated this storyline by following his fascination that he had of the work of the enfant terrible of post-war Japanese literature, Yukio Mishima (1925 - 1970), whose novel “Gogo no Eiko” forms the basis of the opera. This novel, like almost all of the author's creations, sketches a suffocating scenario of hopelessness in which the struggle for normality is doomed to failure. Henzes free-tonal score ties in with musically-dramatic principles of composition following the tradition of Richard Strauss. In symphonic interludes, the luxurious orchestra gives the eponymous hero a voice: the angry “betrayed sea.”

REVIEW:

Despite his stylistic adventurousness and position as a political outsider, Henze was the last composer in the German operatic tradition (think of it as Late, Late German Romanticism), and his score beautifully exploits the lush forces of the Vienna Philharmonic. Since, as he noted, “Mishima’s novel is teeming with references to all things French”, he adopts a French musical style, mixed with Japanese elements of rhythm and exotic percussion. The vocal lines are compelling, and conductor Simone Young reveals both the work’s dense beauty and the sustained, gut-wrenching brutality of the final scenes.

Josh Lovell’s sweetly smooth lyric tenor establishes a chilling contrast between Noboru’s youth and his malevolent nature and explains Ryuji’s easy affinity with the boy. Erik Van Heyningen’s powerful bass voice is a bit mature for the gang leader (“Number One”), but Henze’s writing demands it, and his vocal authority reflects his power over the others. Vera-Lotte Boecker is a magnificent singing actress; her lean and supple sound is perfect for the sensuous Fusako, and she glides effortlessly through the coloratura of the 13th scene, as Fusako imagines a happy future for the newly formed family. Bo Skovhus shouts a bit on fortes, but his singing in the gentler sections is appropriately ingratiating.

-- American Record Guide