Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken - Michael Gielen Edition, Vol. 4 (1968-2014) (2017)

Tracklist
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CD1
01. A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21, MWV P3
02. The Bartered Bride, JB 1:100: Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride): Overture
03. 2 Episoden aus Lenaus Faust, S110/R427: No. 2. Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke (Erster Mephisto Walzer)
04. Lohengrin, Act I: Prelude
05. Lohengrin, Act III: Prelude
06. Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act I: Prelude
07. Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnaval), Op. 9
08. Der Freischutz, J. 277: Overture
09. Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz), Op. 437

CD2
01. Szenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO 3: Ouverture
02. Szenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO 3, Pt. 1: Part I: I. Szene im Garten (Faust, Gretchen, Mephistopheles, Marthe)
03. Szenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO 3, Pt. 1: Part I: II. Gretchen vor dem Bild der Mater Dolorosa (Gretchen)
04. Szenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO 3, Pt. 1: Part I: III. Szene im Dom (Boser Geist, Gretchen, Choir)
05. Szenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO 3, Pt. 2: Part II: IV. Sonnenaufgang (Ariel, Faust, Choir)
06. Szenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO 3, Pt. 2: Part II: V. Mitternacht (Mangel, Schuld, Sorge, Not, Faust)
07. Szenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO 3, Pt. 2: Part II: VI. Fausts Tod (Mephistopheles, Lemuren, Faust, Choir)
08. Szenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO 3, Pt. 3 "Fausts Verklarung": Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Waldung, sie schwankt heran (Choir)
09. Szenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO 3, Pt. 3 "Fausts Verklarung": Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Ewiger Wonnebrand (Pater Ecstaticus)
10. Szenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO 3, Pt. 3 "Fausts Verklarung": Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Wie Felsenabgrund mir zu Fu?en (Pater Profundus, Pater Seraphicus, Selige Knaben)

CD3
01. Szenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO 3, Pt. 3 "Fausts Verklarung": Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Gerettet ist das edle Glied (Engel, Selige Knaben, Choir)
02. Szenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO 3, Pt. 3 "Fausts Verklarung": Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Hier ist die Aussicht frei (Doctor Marianus)
03. Szenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO 3, Pt. 3 "Fausts Verklarung": Part III. VII. Fausts Verklarung: Dir, der Unberuhrbaren (Doctor Marianus, Choir, Magna Peccatrix, Mulier Samaritana, Maria Aegyptiaca, Una
04. Szenen Aus Goethes Faust, Woo 3, Pt. 3 "Fausts Verklarung": Part III: VII. Fausts Verklarung: Alles Vergangliche Ist Nur Ein Gleichnis (Chorus Mysticus, Ssatb)
05. Manfred, Op. 115: Overture
06. Die Braut von Messina (The Bride of Messina), Op. 100
07. Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38 "Spring" (Ed. G. Mahler): I. Andante un poco maestoso
08. Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38 "Spring" (Ed. G. Mahler): II. Larghetto
09. Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38 "Spring" (Ed. G. Mahler): III. Scherzo: Molto vivace
10. Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38 "Spring" (Ed. G. Mahler): IV. Allegro animato e grazioso

CD4
01. Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 32, J. 155: I. Allegro maestoso
02. Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 32, J. 155: II. Adagio
03. Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 32, J. 155: III. Rondo: Presto
04. Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H. 48: I. Reveries: Largo
05. Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H. 48: II. Un Bal (Valse): Allegro non troppo
06. Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H. 48: III. Scene aux Champs: Adagio
07. Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H. 48: IV. Marche au Supplice: Allegretto non troppo
08. Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H. 48: V. Songe d'une Nuit du Sabbat: Larghetto

CD5
01. Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53, B. 108: I. Allegro ma non troppo
02. Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53, B. 108: II. Adagio ma non troppo
03. Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53, B. 108: III. Finale: Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo
04. Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70, B. 141: I. Allegro maestoso
05. Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70, B. 141: II. Poco adagio
06. Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70, B. 141: III. Scherzo: Vivace
07. Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70, B. 141: IV. Finale: Allegro

CD6
01. Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: I. Allegro
02. Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: II. Adagio ma non troppo
03. Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: III. Finale: Allegro moderato
04. Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, TH 30 "Pathetique": I. Adagio
05. Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, TH 30 "Pathetique": II. Allegro con gracia
06. Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, TH 30 "Pathetique": III. Allegro molto vivace
07. Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, TH 30 "Pathetique": IV. Finale: Adagio lamentoso

CD7
01. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36, TH 27: I. Andante sostenuto
02. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36, TH 27: II. Andantino in modo di canzona
03. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36, TH 27: III. Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato
04. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36, TH 27: IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco
05. Tristan und Isolde, Act I: Prelude
06. Tristan und Isolde, Act III: Isoldes Liebestod

CD8
01. Grande messe des morts, Op. 5, H. 75 "Requiem": Requiem et Kyrie
02. Grande messe des morts, Op. 5, H. 75 "Requiem": Dies Irae
03. Grande messe des morts, Op. 5, H. 75 "Requiem": Quid sum miser
04. Grande messe des morts, Op. 5, H. 75 "Requiem": Rex tremendae
05. Grande messe des morts, Op. 5, H. 75 "Requiem": Quaerens me
06. Grande messe des morts, Op. 5, H. 75 "Requiem": Lacrymosa
07. Grande messe des morts, Op. 5, H. 75 "Requiem": Offertorium
08. Grande messe des morts, Op. 5, H. 75 "Requiem": Hostias
09. Grande messe des morts, Op. 5, H. 75 "Requiem": Sanctus
10. Grande messe des morts, Op. 5, H. 75 "Requiem": Agnus Dei

CD9
01. Isle of the Dead, Op. 29: Ostrov myortvikh (The Isle of the Dead), Op. 29
02. A Summer's Tale, Op. 29: I. Voices of Life and Consolation
03. A Summer's Tale, Op. 29: II. Midday
04. A Summer's Tale, Op. 29: III. Intermezzo: Blind Musicians
05. A Summer's Tale, Op. 29: IV. In the Power of Phantoms
06. A Summer's Tale, Op. 29: V. Night


Michael Gielen is among the best-known conductors in Germany, and is the leading European conductor of Central European avant-garde music. He is also a respected composer of complex, often twelve-tone, compositions. Michael Andreas Gielen's father was the stage producer Josef Gielen and his uncle was the eminent Polish pianist Edward Steuermann, who was Arnold Schoenberg's first important piano interpreter. The family moved to Buenos Aires in the 1930s, where Michael studied piano and composition with Erwin Leuchter. He debuted in Buenos Aires in 1949 as a pianist. During that year, he played all of Arnold Schoenberg's piano compositions. He also worked as a coach in the Teatro Colón Opera House. In 1950 he moved to Vienna to study with Polnauer (1950 - 1953). While there he found a position as coach in the Vienna State Opera, and in 1954 became a resident conductor on its staff, remaining there until 1960. In that year he was appointed music director of the Royal Opera of Stockholm (1960 - 1965), then as a regular conductor of the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra (1965 - 1969) then chief conductor of the Belgian National Orchestra in Brussels (1968 - 1973), and was director of the Dutch National Opera (1972-1975). From 1969 he was the permanent guest conductor of the South German Radio Symphony Orchestra. By this time he was closely associated with the latest modernist trends in European music, particularly in twelve-tone idioms. Among his most important premieres were the opera Die Soldaten by Bernd Alois Zimmerman (Cologne, 1965), György Ligeti's Requiem (1965), D'un opéra de voyage by Betsy Jolas, Carré and Mixture by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Namo by Isang Yun, and Zimmermann's Requiem für einen jungen Dichter. In the meantime he continued to compose, normally dense, complex music taking its point of departure from the serial music of the time. From 1978 to 1981 he was principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London, and from 1977 - 1987 he was chief music director of the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt. Coterminously, he was music director of the Cincinnati Orchestra (1980 - 1986), a period known for its challenging programming. He received one of his most important posts, director of the South-West German Radio Symphony in Baden-Baden, which is one of the leading orchestras in the modern music world, in 1996. There he has focused on the entire repertory from Bach to contemporary music, giving incisive performances of the complete Beethoven and Mahler symphonies. In 1999 he relinquished the post of music director, and became permanent guest conductor of the orchestra.

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