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Klaus Mertens, Mutare Ensemble, Gerhard Müller-Hornbach - Othmar Schoeck: Elegie (2008)

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Klaus Mertens, Mutare Ensemble, Gerhard Müller-Hornbach - Othmar Schoeck: Elegie (2008)

Klaus Mertens, Mutare Ensemble, Gerhard Müller-Hornbach - Othmar Schoeck: Elegie (2008)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 50:42 | 185 MB
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: New Classical Adventure | Catalog: 60186

In the vinyl era, domestic Schoeck boomlets happened at intervals of a decade or more, while CD days have seen a few reissues and fewer notable new recordings. The simultaneous appearance of the Elegie and Notturno (ECM 2061) the ripest of Schoeck’s song cycles with Chris Walton’s eminently Read more Othmar Schoeck: Life and Works (University of Rochester Press, 2009), raises the possibility of the composer becoming a vibrant presence. Good luck. The current production illustrates why viable work too often gets lost in the shuffle.

Christian Gerhaher, Heinz Holliger, Kammerorchester Basel - Othmar Schoeck: Elegie (2022)

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Christian Gerhaher, Heinz Holliger, Kammerorchester Basel - Othmar Schoeck: Elegie (2022)

Christian Gerhaher, Heinz Holliger, Kammerorchester Basel - Othmar Schoeck: Elegie (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 266 Mb | Total time: 57:46 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 19439963302 | Recorded: 2020

Auf seinem neuen Album "Elegie" widmet sich der Sony Classical-Künstler und herausragende Liedsänger Christian Gerhaher mit dem Kammerorchester Basel und dem Dirigenten Heinz Holliger der betörenden Schönheit und dunklen Melancholie des spätromantischen Schweizer Komponisten Othmar Schoeck. Schoecks Liederzyklus "Elegie" wurde bei seiner Uraufführung 1923 mit Musik "aus einer anderen Welt" verglichen und ist nach wie vor eines der verkannten Wunder des Liedrepertoires. Die 24 Lieder, die von einem Ensemble aus 15 Instrumentalisten begleitet werden, erzählen eine Geschichte von schmerzlichen Abschieden, verlorener Liebe und verblassender Schönheit.

Chloë Hanslip, Alexander Vedernikov - The Romantic Violin Concerto 14: Glazunov & Schoeck: Violin Concertos (2013)

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Chloë Hanslip, Alexander Vedernikov - The Romantic Violin Concerto 14: Glazunov & Schoeck: Violin Concertos (2013)

Chloë Hanslip, Alexander Vedernikov, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana - The Romantic Violin Concerto 14: Glazunov & Schoeck: Violin Concertos (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 303 Mb | Total time: 69:11 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67940 | Recorded: 2011

The brilliant young violinist Chloë Hanslip has recorded another volume of Hyperion’s Romantic Violin Concerto series, and displays her usual insouciant virtuosity and obvious delight in the music. Glazunov’s Violin Concerto, written for Leopold Auer, is a masterpiece of violin writing, including a brilliantly effective cadenza by the composer himself. As Hans Keller wrote, ‘Glazunov created an almost perfect concerto—instrumentally, the best I know amongst pianists’ violin concertos’.

Christian Gerhaher, Rosamunde Quartett - Othmar Schoeck: Notturno (2009)

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Christian Gerhaher, Rosamunde Quartett - Othmar Schoeck: Notturno (2009)

Christian Gerhaher, Rosamunde Quartett - Othmar Schoeck: Notturno (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 179 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 105 Mb | Scans included
Classical, Vocal | Label: ECM | # ECM New Series 2061, 476 6995 | 00:42:55

Although being generally acknowledged as one of the leading composers of his native Switzerland, Othmar Schoeck (1886–1957) has never acquired a stable reputation outside the German-speaking world. This is partly due to his strong focus on the sung word: His output comprises eight operas, some 400 songs and a couple of smaller works for instrumental forces. Moreover, Schoeck’s essentially late-romantic style was considered démodé after the second world war when the avant-garde was arguing for a more rational and emotionally restricted approach to composition. One of his most personal works is the “Notturno” for baritone voice and string quartet. Written between 1931 and 1933 it served as a personal confession after an unhappy extra-marital love affair. Its five movements set verses by German 19th-century-poet Nikolaus Lenau and by the great Swiss writer Gottfried Keller. The highly differentiated interpretation by baritone Christian Gerhaher – one of the most distinguished young German “Lied” singers and a former disciple of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau – and the Rosamunde Quartett offers a strong plea for Schoeck’s expressive music and sheds an exciting light on his artistic preoccupation with the dark abysses of human existence.