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Composer:
Arnold Schoenberg

Artist(s):
Anne Sofie von Otter
Karita Mattila

Conductor:
Simon Rattle

Background: This recording, of Schoenberg's huge cantata Gurrelieder is conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. The music, written in Schoenberg's Wagnerian style, is very approachable but because of the vast forces required performances of this master work are rare.

The text of the work, A German translation of 'Songs of Gurre' by the Danish poet and novelist Jens Pater Jacobsen, tells of the 12th century King Waldemar, who lived in the Castle of Gurre on the Danish coast, and the tragedy that results from his fatal infatuation with a beautiful young girl, Tove.

CATALOGUE NR: 5573032
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 14.59 including VAT, or £ 12.42 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 08-Apr-2002

COMPOSER: Arnold Schoenberg
TITLE: Gurrelieder
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Simon Rattle
ARTISTS: Anne Sofie von Otter   Karita Mattila   Philip Langridge   Thomas Quasthoff

- May-2002 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jun-2002 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Rattle reveals the ravishing colours of Schoenberg's choral magnum opus' - Gramophone 2002 Award Winner

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