Friedrich Cerha, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Robert Brooks, Wolfgang Koch - Wellesz: The Sacrifice of the Prisoner, Op. 40 (Live) (2020) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Prelude (Live)
02. Heil dir, Konig! (Live)
03. Tapferer Krieger (Live)
04. Jetzt wird er zahlen fur seine Taten! (Live)
05. Abschied genommen hast du von deinen Bergen [Live] (Live)
06. Dance No. 1 (Dance of the Six Goblets) [Live]
07. In Wahrheit, da ist nichts (Live)
08. Dance No. 2 (Dance with the Garments, King's Dance) [Live]
09. O Konig Hobtoh! (Live)
10. Wie Was ersehnst du (Live)
11. Dance No. 3 (Dance by the Princess) [Live]
12. O, Konig, sieh hier das Pfand (Live)
13. Dance No. 4 (War Dance by the Eagles and Jaguars) [Live]
14. So lautet die Rede des Prinzen (Live)
15. Dance No. 5 (Farewell from the Mountains and Valleys of Home) [Live]
16. Laments (Live)
17. Death of the Captured Prince, Ritual Sacrifice (Live)
18. Apotheosis (Live)
19. Ehre dir Tapferer! (Live)



In musical terms, Die Opferung des Gefangenen shows Egon Wellesz at the height of his creativity, aesthetically emancipated from his mentor Schoenberg as he continued to evolve his own, unmistakable musical voice. The events of 12 March 1938 put a sudden end to this highly successful career: as a Jew, monarchist and writer of ‘degenerate music’, the 53-year-old musician was immediately removed from all of his posts and pursued by the police after ‘the seizure of power’. Following a long illness, Wellesz died in Oxford in 1974.

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