Wolf: Orchesterlieder & Penthesilea / Appl, Gaudenz, Jena Philharmonic

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Label
CPO
Release Date
August 26, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Hugo Wolf
    • PERFORMER
      Benjamin Appl, Jenaer Philharmonie
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 26, 2022
    • UPC
      761203538027
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555380-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Mörike Lieder: No. 25. Schlafendes Jesuskind (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Ensemble: Jena Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

      Conductor: Simon Gaudenz

    2. Gedichte von J.W. v. Goethe: No. 19. Epiphanias (arr. C. Stueber for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Ensemble: Jena Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

      Conductor: Simon Gaudenz

    3. Gedichte von J.W. v. Goethe: No. 29. Anakreons Grab (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Ensemble: Jena Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

      Conductor: Simon Gaudenz

    4. Mörike Lieder: No. 39. Denk' es, o Seele! (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Ensemble: Jena Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

      Conductor: Simon Gaudenz

    5. Gedichte von J.W. v. Goethe: No. 49. Prometheus (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Ensemble: Jena Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

      Conductor: Simon Gaudenz

    6. Mörike Lieder: No. 29. An den Schlaf (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Ensemble: Jena Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

      Conductor: Simon Gaudenz

    7. Gedichte von J.W. v. Goethe: No. 1. Harfenspieler I (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Ensemble: Jena Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

      Conductor: Simon Gaudenz

    8. Gedichte von J.W. v. Goethe: No. 2. Harfenspieler II (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Ensemble: Jena Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

      Conductor: Simon Gaudenz

    9. Gedichte von J.W. v. Goethe: No. 3. Harfenspieler III (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Ensemble: Jena Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

      Conductor: Simon Gaudenz

    10. Italienisches Liederbuch: No. 33. Sterb' ich, so hüllt in Blumen (arr. M. Reger for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Ensemble: Jena Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

      Conductor: Simon Gaudenz

    11. Mörike Lieder: No. 28. Gebet (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Ensemble: Jena Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

      Conductor: Simon Gaudenz

    12. Mörike Lieder: No. 10. Fussreise (version for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Ensemble: Jena Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Benjamin Appl

      Conductor: Simon Gaudenz

    13. I. Aufbruch der Amazonen nach Troja (Departure of the Amazons for Troy)

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Ensemble: Jena Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Simon Gaudenz

    14. II. Der Traum Penthesileas vom Rosenfest (Penthesilea's Dream of the Festival of Roses)

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Ensemble: Jena Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Simon Gaudenz

    15. III. Kämpfe, Leidenschaften, Wahnsinn, Vernichtung (Battles, Passions, Madness, Destruction)

      Composer: Hugo Wolf

      Ensemble: Jena Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Simon Gaudenz


"I am too cowardly to be a proper composer," Hugo Wolf confessed to a Viennese friend when he was barely 28 years old. And the result of his introspection was not so wrong: everything in his life, not only composing, proceeded in explosive spurts. He wandered through the deepest emotional valleys, suddenly flew up into the highest regions, suffered agonies when he couldn't think of anything to say, shouted his enthusiasm about a successful piece to the whole world and still managed to produce a respectable, albeit fragmentary oeuvre, from which the early poem Penthesilea after Heinrich von Kleist's tragedy of the same name stands out as a symphonic masterpiece. The Austrian baritone Benjamin Appl and the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, led by its principal conductor Simon Gaudenz, have prefaced this highly dramatic monolith with twelve selected songs, most of which were orchestrated by their author himself: a dozen small, finely polished gems based on texts by Goethe, Mörike and Heyse, whose subtle arrangements leave no doubt that Hugo Wolf would certainly have had the makings of a "proper composer". Whether then, of course, the ingenious things would have been created that posterity owes to him - that is another matter.