Arnold Schönberg: Des Sommerwindes wilde Jagd, Melodram (Abbado/Brandauer/Berliner Philharmoniker)

An extract from 'Gurre-Lieder' (1900-1903/1910), a large cantata for soloists, grand orchestra, and choir; in three parts and a melodramatic epilogue.

00:00 - Entrance [no Orchestral prelude]
00:50 - Sprecher: Herr Gänsefuß, Frau Gänsekraut, nun ducket euch nur geschwind (Sir Goosefoot, Madam Mugwort, duck now ye quickly so)
05:49 - Gemischter Chor: Seht die Sonne, farbenfroh am Himmelssaum! (Seek the Sun, splendourous on heaven's edge!)
09:54 - Applause

Seht die Sonne (English):
Seek the Sun!
Splendourous on Heaven’s edge,
Eastward greets her the Morning-dream!
Beaming comes she ascending,
From the waves of the Night,
And from her radiant brows fly,
The grandeur of her curls resplendent!

[Texts by J.P. Jacobsen translated into German by Robert Franz Arnold]

Dirigent - Claudio Abbado
Sprecher - Klaus Maria Brandauer
Berliner Philharmoniker
Neujahrsgala 2000 (31-12-1999)

An extract from the 'Gala from Berlin 1999 - Grand Finales - Claudio Abbado'.

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