Mendelssohn: Incidental music for Antigone, Oedipus, Athalia
Felix Mendelssohn is associated with one brilliant score of incidental music for the theatre -- A Midsummer Night's Dream -- but in fact he composed scores for no less than 15 stage works. The most significant of them, including the three works in this set, date from the period when he was employed by King Frederick William IV of Prussia, who was strongly attracted to the spirit of Romanticism and the culture of Greek antiquity.
Mendelssohn was drawn to Sophocles's tragedy Antigone by its strong dramatic sense and its universal themes, particularly Antigone's pathos and heroism. In addition to setting several of the choruses, he composed interludes and background music for speeches and dialogues. His highly effective score is intensely noble and romantic yet also sensitive to the verse.
His music for Sophocles's Oedipus at Colonus moves further away from Athenian dramatic form, with accompanied recitative, solos and duets for the principal characters, and is more elaborate. It has a tragic intensity not often heard in his music.
His score of incidental music for Racine's religious drama Athalie is typical of the composer's style -- characterised by flowing, sustained melodic invention, colourful orchestration and imaginative scoring for the voices. It displays the composer at the height of his powers both as a musical dramatist and an orchestral tone-poet.
About the performers:
Antigone and Oedipus at Colonus are performed by the Radio Symphony Orchester, Berlin, conducted by Stefan Soltesz, with the Berliner Rundfunkchor and Männerchor 'Carl Maria von Weber'. Athalia is performed by Das Neue Orchester, conducted by Christoph Spering. The major roles for bass in both Sophocles' dramas are sung by René Pape. The role of Antigone is taken by Therese Hämer and Creon is played by Klaus Piontek. Otto Sander takes the role of Oedipus.
-Stefan Soltesz worked Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Munich Radio Orchestra and Lucia Popp
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Kategorie:
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Filmy i muzyka
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Język wydania:
angielski
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ISBN:
5028421942162
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EAN:
5028421942162
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Wymiary:
14.0x12.0cm
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Waga:
0.19kg
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Nośniki:
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#1: Incidental music for Antigone
(CD Audio)
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1. Vielnamiger! Wonn' und Stolz der Kadmosjungfrau (04:49)
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2. Ihr Seligen, Deren Geschick nie Kosten Unheil (06:26)
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3. Vieles Gewaltiges lebt (05:35)
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4. Overture: Andante maestoso - Allegro assai (04:17)
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5. Strahl Des Helios, schonstes Licht (06:19)
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6. Noch Toset Des Sturmes Gewalt rastlos (04:59)
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7. O Eros, Allsieger im kampf! (10:15)
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8. Her kommt er ja selbst (12:36)
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#2: Incidental music for Athalia
(CD Audio)
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1. Monologue. Verschwunden aber ist nicht die Gefahr (00:45)
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2. Ist es Glück, ist es Leid? (06:06)
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3. Overture: Maestoso con moto - Allegro molto (06:50)
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4. War-March of the Priests: Allegro vivace (04:42)
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5. Monologue. Die reinen Herzens sind (03:11)
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6. Monologue. Herein dringt jetzt (01:21)
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7. Monologue. Hebt euren Augen auf, ihr Söhne Levi (01:32)
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8. So geht, so geht, ihr Kinder Aarons, geht (06:16)
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9. Lasst uns dem heil'gen Wort (07:06)
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10. Monologue. Ein Vorgang ist's aus heiligen Geschichten (02:19)
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11. Monologue. Dem Frieden eine Stätte zu bereiten (00:33)
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12. Herr, durch die ganze Welt (09:42)
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13. Oh seht, welch ein Stern (10:50)
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14. Ja, durch die ganze Welt (02:09)
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#3: Incidental music for Oedipus
(CD Audio)
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1. Er Ist Verstattet, Dich, Mächtige Göttin (03:49)
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2. Grausam Ist Es, O Freund (04:06)
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3. Zur Rossprangenden Flur, O Freund (06:02)
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4. O Schau! Er Entfloh! (10:37)
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5. Auf Uns Bricht Von Dem Blinden Greis (05:27)
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6. Ach, Wär Ich, Wo Bald Die Schaar Der Feinde (04:49)
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7. Weh Uns! Überall Und Ewig Müssen Wir Klagen (06:31)
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8. Von Deinen Töchtern (05:07)
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9. Wer Ein Längeres Lebenstheil (03:58)
