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Music : Zemlinsky - Der Traumgörge / Keubler, Racette, S. Anthony, Martinez, A. Schmidt, M. Volle, Kölner Philharmoniker, ConlonIn association with Amazon.comby: Alexander von Zemlinsky, Kölner Philharmoniker, James Conlon, David Kuebler, Patricia Racette, Andreas Schmidt, Susan Anthony, Iride Martinez, Michael Volle  
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EAN: 0724355708724 Label: Angel Records Manufacturer: Angel Records Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Angel Records Release Date: March 27, 2001 Studio: Angel Records Sales Rank: 23217 Disc 1:
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 Rating: - This is a masterpiece, rescued from a century of neglect !A stunning work, lovingly performed. My gratitude to James Conlon for his dedication to the revival of Zemlinsky's work. It's simple, you must own this. Rating: - A work of introverted genius...A gorgeous, painful work. While his more famous contemporary Richard Strauss was writing operas that were agressively extroverted, and sometimes a little on the messy side, Zemlinsky's operas plot the fears, pain, and awkwardness of the introvert in a musical language which is always beautifully tailored to the text--as concise as it is opulent. "Traumgorge" deserves to stand alongside "Der Zwerg" as an operatic achievement. Amusingly, when this opera was rescued from obscurity and given it premier ... Read More Rating: - Der Traumgorge is Traumgorgeous!!!OK, I'm a sucker for this sort of lush, decadent music; if you are too, then by all means get this recording. It honestly takes a while to start to pick out the leitmotivs, but once they open up, the whole work, which already glows and shimmers with light, will absolutely overwhelm you. James Conlon is to be commended for his courage to take up works like this that deserve to be heard and heard of. I won't go into long tirades, only to say that this is beautiful music, and would ask any lover of German ... Read More Rating: - Rescue from OblivionZemlinsky was a contemporary of Gustav Mahler and Arnold Schoenberg; in fact Mahler was his mentor and Schoenberg his student. That Zemlinsky is not a well known figure in our time is not because of any lack of quality of his work, but probably is a result of some unfortunate circumstances in his own lifetime, such as were concerned with the production of this opera, combined with a relatively small output. DerTraumGorge (Gorge the Dreamer) was a much anticipated opera in Vienna in 1907--Mahler, who had ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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