Henze: Heliogabalus imperator - Works for Orchestra

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Wergo
Release Date
June 14, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HENZE, HANS WERNER
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Bbc Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Karttunen, Knussen
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 14, 2019
    • UPC
      4010228734423
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      WER73442
    • LABEL
      Wergo
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Keiner kennt sich selbst

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Oliver Knussen

    2. II. Gleich und gleich gesellt sich gern

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Oliver Knussen

    3. III. Der Schlaf der Vernunft gebiert Ungeheuer

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Oliver Knussen

    4. IV. Wer ist mehr ergeben?

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Oliver Knussen

    5. V. Sie sagt ja und reicht ihre Hand dem ersten, der kommt

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Oliver Knussen

    6. VI. An welcher Krankheit wird er sterben?

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Oliver Knussen

    7. VII. Jener Staub

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Oliver Knussen

    8. VIII. Es gab keinen Ausweg

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Oliver Knussen

    9. IX. Schöne Herrin!

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Oliver Knussen

    10. Heliogabalus imperator (revised version, 1986)

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Daniel Pailthorpe, Tomoka Mukai, Richard Simpson, Alison Teale, Richard Hosford, James Burke, Katy Ayling, Julie Price

      Conductor: Oliver Knussen

    11. I. Ruhig, verhalten

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Anssi Karttunen

      Conductor: Oliver Knussen

    12. II. quartet note = 72

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Anssi Karttunen

      Conductor: Oliver Knussen

    13. III. Bewegt, heftig, stürmisch

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Anssi Karttunen

      Conductor: Oliver Knussen

    14. IV. Ernst, getragen

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Anssi Karttunen

      Conductor: Oliver Knussen

    15. V. Tango

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Anssi Karttunen

      Conductor: Oliver Knussen

    16. VI. Sonett

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Anssi Karttunen

      Conductor: Oliver Knussen

    17. Ouverture to a Theatre (Ouverture zu einem Theater)

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Oliver Knussen


The relationship between Hans Werner Henze and Oliver Knussen was one of great mutual respect. The German composer admired the British conductor and composer for electrifying performances of Henze's own and other composers' works. Knussen was an untiring and enthusiastic champion of his friend Henze's music. The recordings collected here display Knussen's deep understanding of Henze's music. Knussen conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in sensitive and meticulous performances of compositions ranging from the composer's middle period to his last completed work. Los Caprichos transforms the bitterness and sarcasm in Francisco Goya's famous series of etchings into a tender and melancholy "Fantasia per orchestra" that makes only sparing use of contemporary stylistic devices. The large orchestral work Heliogabalus Imperator - a programmatic depiction of the life and death of the notorious Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - also provides evidence of Henze's self-assured and idiosyncratic interpretation of modern music idioms. The Englische Liebeslieder for solo violoncello and orchestra express a wide range of emotional states, which are brought to life by cellist Anssi Karttunen.