The Lay of Love & Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke

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Label
Gramola Records
Release Date
February 7, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Rainer Maria Rilke, Viktor Ullmann
    • PERFORMER
      Senka Brankovic, Helmut Mooshammer
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 07, 2025
    • UPC
      9003643993440
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      GRAM99344
    • LABEL
      Gramola Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Spoken Word
    Works ⌄

    1. Part I: I. Den 24. November 1663

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Helmut Mooshammer

    2. Part I: II. Reiten, reiten, reiten

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Helmut Mooshammer

    3. Sein Nachbar, der kleine, feine Franzose

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Helmut Mooshammer, Senka Brankovic

    4. Part I: III. Jemand erzahlt von seiner Mutter

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Helmut Mooshammer

    5. So reitet man in den Abend hinein

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Helmut Mooshammer, Senka Brankovic

    6. Part I: IV. Ein Tag durch den Tross

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Helmut Mooshammer

    7. Endlich vor Spork!

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Helmut Mooshammer, Senka Brankovic

    8. Part I: V. Der von Langenau schreibt einen Brief

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Helmut Mooshammer

    9. Part II: I. Rast! Gast sein einmal

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Helmut Mooshammer

    10. Part II: II. Als Mahl begann's

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Helmut Mooshammer

    11. Part II: III. Und Einer steht und staunt in diese Pracht

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Helmut Mooshammer, Senka Brankovic

    12. Hast du vergessen, daß du mein Page bist

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Helmut Mooshammer, Senka Brankovic

    13. Part II: IV. Die Turmstube ist dunkel

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Helmut Mooshammer

    14. Im Vorsaal über einem Sessel hängt der Waffenrock

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Helmut Mooshammer, Senka Brankovic

    15. Part II: V. Ist das der Morgen?

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Helmut Mooshammer

    16. Part II: VI. Aber die Fahne ist nicht dabei

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Helmut Mooshammer

    17. Part II: VII. Er lauft um die Wette mit brennenden Gangen

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Helmut Mooshammer

    18. Der von Langenau ist tief im Feind

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Helmut Mooshammer, Senka Brankovic

    19. Part II: VIII. Finale: Im nachsten Fruhjahr

      Composer: Viktor Ullmann

      Performer: Helmut Mooshammer


October 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of the death of composer Viktor Ullmann - an occasion to focus on his artistic legacy and his unshakeable belief in the power of art. As early as 1918, while stationed at the Italian front, Ullmann was intensively occupied with Rainer M. Rilke's "Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke" (The Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke). This work accompanied him all the way to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, where he created an impressive melodrama from it in 1944. The Austrian pianist Senka Brankovic and the actor Helmut Mooshammer present Cornet Rilke's experiences in the war against the Turks, in which he finally meets his death, as a complete original narrative with Ullmann's music, including the passages omitted from Rilke's text by Ullmann. Today, in a time of fragile social conditions, his work reminds us once again of the everlasting importance of art and humanity.