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Schoenberg & Faure: Pelleas et Melisande

Modern Dramatic Virtuosic Energetic Dark
$20.99

Details

Composer
Gabriel Faure, Arnold Schonberg
Artist
Frankfurt Radio Symphony
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Jul 19, 2024
Catalog #
ALPHA1058
UPC
3701624510582

About

No fewer than four major composers - Faure, Debussy, Schoenberg and Sibelius - were inspired by Maurice Maeterlink's play Pelleas et Melisande (1892). Given that we celebrate anniversaries of Faure and Schoenberg in 2024, Paavo Jarvi here offers his reading of their settings of Pelleas et Melisande with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, whose Music Director he was for almost ten years. Debussy was so much involved with his own operatic setting of Pelleas et Melisande that the famous English actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell turned to Gabriel Faure to write incidental music for the play; this music then became an orchestral suite in four movements that is considered to be Faure's symphonic masterpiece. Schoenberg followed advice given by his much-admired role model Richard Strauss in 1902 and composed his own symphonic poem based on Pelleas et Melisande. It's complex combinations of musical motifs and the rich fabric of the large-scale orchestra not only captivate us but also reveal his own vision of this archaic and yet universal story.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Die Achtel ein wenig bewegt - zögernd - 03:45
    Track
    1
    Title
    Die Achtel ein wenig bewegt - zögernd -
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Frankfurt Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paavo Järvi
  2. 2 Heftig - 03:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    Heftig -
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Frankfurt Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paavo Järvi
  3. 3 Lebhaft - Etwas zurückhaltend - Wieder lebhaft - Etwas zurückhaltend - angsamer - Wieder lebhafter - Langsamer - Ein wenig bewegter - Steigernd - 04:10
    Track
    3
    Title
    Lebhaft - Etwas zurückhaltend - Wieder lebhaft - Etwas zurückhaltend - angsamer - Wieder lebhafter - Langsamer - Ein wenig bewegter - Steigernd -
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Frankfurt Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paavo Järvi
  4. 4 Sehr rasch - Wieder im Zeitmaß - Langsam - Heftig - Wieder langsam - Heftig - 06:53
    Track
    4
    Title
    Sehr rasch - Wieder im Zeitmaß - Langsam - Heftig - Wieder langsam - Heftig -
    Duration
    06:53
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Frankfurt Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paavo Järvi
  5. 5 Ein wenig bewegt - Zogernd - 01:26
    Track
    5
    Title
    Ein wenig bewegt - Zogernd -
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Frankfurt Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paavo Järvi
  6. 6 Langsam - 03:13
    Track
    6
    Title
    Langsam -
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Frankfurt Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paavo Järvi
  7. 7 Ein wenig bewegter - 04:08
    Track
    7
    Title
    Ein wenig bewegter -
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Frankfurt Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paavo Järvi
  8. 8 Sehr langsam - 04:27
    Track
    8
    Title
    Sehr langsam -
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Frankfurt Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paavo Järvi
  9. 9 Etwas bewegt - 02:30
    Track
    9
    Title
    Etwas bewegt -
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Frankfurt Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paavo Järvi
  10. 10 In gehender Bewegung - 02:20
    Track
    10
    Title
    In gehender Bewegung -
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Frankfurt Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paavo Järvi
  11. 11 Breit - Langsam - Nach und nach wieder ins Tempo 05:41
    Track
    11
    Title
    Breit - Langsam - Nach und nach wieder ins Tempo
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Frankfurt Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paavo Järvi
  12. 12 I. Prélude 05:47
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Prélude
    Duration
    05:47
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Ensemble
    Frankfurt Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paavo Järvi
  13. 13 II. Fileuse 02:31
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Fileuse
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Ensemble
    Frankfurt Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paavo Järvi
  14. 14 III. Sicilienne 03:47
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Sicilienne
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Ensemble
    Frankfurt Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paavo Järvi
  15. 15 IV. Mort de Mélisande 04:53
    Track
    15
    Title
    IV. Mort de Mélisande
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Ensemble
    Frankfurt Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paavo Järvi