專輯類型: 1SACD
發行年份: 2025
國際條碼: 7318599927794
音樂廠牌: BIS
寇特.懷爾: 七宗罪
HK.葛魯伯 指揮
瑞典室內管弦樂團
Bold, acerbic, sensual, and innovative works by Kurt Weill
Following his acclaimed recording of Kurt Weill's symphonies 1 and 2 and excerpts from The Silver Lake (BIS-2579), HK Gruber and his congenial partner, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, present three more works by the famous musical theatre composer, this time featuring sopranos Wallis Giunta and Jennifer France and violinists Katerina Andresson and Benjamin Herzl.
This release opens with the ballet-chante satire The Seven Deadly Sins, a scathing critique of capitalist society that highlights the perpetual struggle between money and morality. Anna, a young girl, is sent away from her family with the mission of bringing back enough money to build a house on the Mississippi. The cantata The New Orpheus, which blends the very different styles of aria and song, tells the sad story of the singer who sets out to conquer the dreary walls of modern cities to save Eurydice, and with her, all of humanity. Finally, the Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, a central work from Weill's early creative period, displays a theatricality that heralds the stage works to come.
An exciting programme showcasing Weill's inimitable language of mixing the sophisticated and the popular, the melodic and the dissonant, the complex and the streetwise.
WEILL, Kurt (1900–50)
The Seven Deadly Sins (Die sieben Todsㄧnden)
Ballet chante (1932–33) (B. Schott's Sohne)
Text: Bertolt Brecht
English translation: W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman
1.Prologue 3'35
2.No. 1. Sloth 3'54
3.No. 2. Pride 4'49
4.No. 3. Anger 4'34
5.No. 4. Gluttony 3'14
6.No. 5. Lust 5'16
7.No. 6. Covetousness 3'10
8.No. 7. Envy 4'59
9.Epilogue 1'40
The New Orpheus (Der neue Orpheus)
Cantata for soprano, solo violin and orchestra, Op. 15 (1925)
Text: Iwan Goll
English translation: David Pountney
10.Part One. Moderato un poco largo – 9'01
Molto deciso – Andantino grazioso
11.Part Two. Cadenza – Variations – Allegro vivace – Più andante 7'48
Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra 27'14
Op. 12 (1924)
12.I. Andante con moto 9'59
13.IIa.) Notturno. Allegro un poco tenuto 3'28
14.IIb.) Cadenza. Moderato 3'16
15.IIc.) Serenata. Allegretto 3'24
16.III. Allegro molto, un poco agitato 7'00