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Zemlinsky: The Mermaid, Sinfonietta / Judd, New Zealand SO
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Zemlinsky: The Mermaid, Sinfonietta / Judd, New Zealand SO

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Composer
ZEMLINSKY, ALEXANDER VON
Artist
Judd
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Jul 28, 2009
Catalog #
8570240
UPC
747313024070

About

Believe it or not, this is at least the third recording of this particular coupling. Aside from the Dausgaard listed above, there's also a set with James Conlon on EMI (probably out of print), and all of them are generally very good. The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra hasn't quite the polish of Dausgaard's Danish forces, and in the Sinfonietta greater familiarity with the music might have led to a more nuanced handling of Zemlinsky's very detailed dynamic markings, but there's very little here to criticize. James Judd usually does well in music of this period, and in The Mermaid he has the orchestra sounding larger and more lush than usual, with surprisingly rich strings and a suitably dense, saturated sonority. The work itself does go on a bit too long, and one of its main themes sounds stolen from Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini, but that's hardly the fault of the performance, and the engineering is also quite good, without the oddities of balance that sometimes afflict productions from this source. A fine disc, and a very nice introduction to the composer generally.

--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 6 tracks

  1. 1 I. Sehr lebhaft - 09:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Sehr lebhaft -
    Duration
    09:02
    Composer
    Alexander Zemlinsky
    Ensemble
    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Judd
  2. 2 II. Ballade: Sehr gemessen [poco adagio], doch nicht schleppend - 07:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Ballade: Sehr gemessen [poco adagio], doch nicht schleppend -
    Duration
    07:15
    Composer
    Alexander Zemlinsky
    Ensemble
    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Judd
  3. 3 III. Sehr lebhaft 05:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Sehr lebhaft
    Duration
    05:29
    Composer
    Alexander Zemlinsky
    Ensemble
    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Judd
  4. 4 I. Sehr massig bewegt 15:30
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Sehr massig bewegt
    Duration
    15:30
    Composer
    Alexander Zemlinsky
    Ensemble
    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Judd
  5. 5 II. Sehr bewegt, rauschend 11:54
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Sehr bewegt, rauschend
    Duration
    11:54
    Composer
    Alexander Zemlinsky
    Ensemble
    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Judd
  6. 6 III. Sehr gedehnt, mit schmerzvollem Ausdruck 13:27
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Sehr gedehnt, mit schmerzvollem Ausdruck
    Duration
    13:27
    Composer
    Alexander Zemlinsky
    Ensemble
    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    James Judd