Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Klangforum Wien, Simone Young
Release Date: 27 September 2019
Label: Kairos Re ords
Packaging Type: Fat Double (a 2.5cm thick jewel case, fits several CDs)
No of Units: 3
Barcode: 9120040731236
Genres: Classical Contemporary Classical
Description
Bernhard Lang’s reimagination of Wagner’s Parsifal is the continuation of his Monadologie series, which includes pieces by other musical bigwigs such as Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert.
ParZeFool’s dimensions are based on the Boulez recording of the original, yet something is definitely off with Lang’s Parsifal. As time progresses, stark atonal passages as well as jazz and hip-hop influences begin to rub up against the original score.
The original libretto is stripped of all Christian and pseudo-religious references, cut into smaller bits and pieces, and finally, looped into infinity and pushing far beyond Wagner’s notion of the “Leitmotiv�.
This recording is a must for all opera lovers – and haters!
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Tracklisting
Charlotte Seither
Ensemble Musikfabrik, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Austin Wulliman; Ensemble Pamplemouse
L'Itineraire, Leo Margue
Ilse Eerens, Tomoko Kasai, Mayumi Miyata, Masanori Oishi, Saori Oya, Naoko Yoshino
Hashtag Ensemble
Joel-Francois Durand
Elisabeth Harnik
Gavin Bryars
Ilse Eerens, Tomoko Kasai, Mayumi Miyata, Masanori Oishi, Saori Oya, Naoko Yoshino
L'Itineraire, Leo Margue
Hashtag Ensemble
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Andrew Davis
Joel-Francois Durand
Elisabeth Harnik
Kristine Tjogersen
