Henze: Nachtstucke und Arien / Alsop, VRSO

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
January 14, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Hans Werner Henze
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Orf Vienna Radio Symphony
    • PERFORMER
      Juliane Banse, Narek Hakhnazaryan, Marin Alsop
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 14, 2022
    • UPC
      747313418176
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574181
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Nachtstück I

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    2. Aria I: Wohin wir uns wenden im Gewitter der Rosen

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Juliane Banse

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    3. Nachtstück II

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    4. Aria II: Mit schlaftrunkenen Vögeln

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Juliane Banse

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    5. Nachtstück III

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    6. I. Keiner kennt sich selbst -

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    7. II. Gleich und gleich gesellt sich gern -

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    8. III. Der Schlaf der Vernunft gebiert Ungeheuer

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    9. IV. Wer ist mehr ergeben? -

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

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

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    11. VI. An welcher Krankheit wird er sterben? -

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    12. VII. Jener Staub

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    13. VIII. Es gab keinen Ausweg -

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    14. IX. Schöne Herrin!

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    15. I. Ruhig, verhalten

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Narek Hakhnazaryan

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    16. II. quarter note = 72

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Narek Hakhnazaryan

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    17. III. Bewegt, heftig, stürmisch

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Narek Hakhnazaryan

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    18. IV. Ernst, getragen

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Narek Hakhnazaryan

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    19. V. Tango

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Narek Hakhnazaryan

      Conductor: Marin Alsop

    20. VI. Sonett

      Composer: Hans Werner Henze

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Narek Hakhnazaryan

      Conductor: Marin Alsop


Hans Werner Henze was initially an avant-garde composer but Nachtstücke und Arien symbolised his departure from dodecaphonic writing, to the annoyance of his contemporaries Boulez, Nono and Stockhausen at Darmstadt. With this new direction Henze’s music became highly rhapsodic, as heard in the challenging but lyrical solo cello that suggests the intimate texts of the Englische Liebeslieder. Referring to Goya, Los Caprichos captures the strangeness of this artist’s visions with long-breathed melodic lines and fleeting changes of texture, from military-sounding bustle to moments of profound stillness. Marin Alsop is chief conductor of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, which she leads at Vienna’s Konzerthaus and Musikverein, and on recordings, broadcasts and tours. Her discography includes acclaimed Naxos recordings of symphonies by Brahms with the London Philharmonic, Dvořák with the Baltimore Symphony, and Prokofiev with the São Paulo Symphony. The first and only conductor to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, Alsop received the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award and was the first woman to conduct the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms. She is director of graduate conducting at the Peabody Institute and holds honorary doctorates from Yale University and The Juilliard School.

REVIEW:

Hans Werner Henze's rigorously constructed and orchestrated works require careful and well-prepared performances, and that’s just what they get here from conductor Marin Alsop and the Vienna Radio Symphony. This might, in fact, make a good initial Henze album, for it leads the listener into his music in a logical way. All three pieces respond to extramusical models in different ways. He is not everybody’s cup of tea, but this release realizes his ideas exceptionally well.

-- AllMusic.com (James Manheim)