Marin Alsop, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra - Hindemith: Nusch-Nuschi Tänze, Sancta Susanna, Op. 21 & Symphony "Mathis der Maler" (2021) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Nusch-Nuschi Tänze: Sehr lebhaft
02. Nusch-Nuschi Tänze: Mäßig lebhaft
03. Nusch-Nuschi Tänze: Allegro marziale
04. Sancta Susanna, Op. 21: Sancta Susanna
05. Sancta Susanna, Op. 21: Ave Maria
06. Sancta Susanna, Op. 21: Satanas! Satanas!
07. Sancta Susanna, Op. 21: Wir trugen sie fort
08. Sancta Susanna, Op. 21: Kyrie eleison
09. Symphony "Mathis der Maler": I. Engelkonzert
10. Symphony "Mathis der Maler": II. Grablegung
11. Symphony "Mathis der Maler": III. Versuchung des heiligen Antonius



Paul Hindemith’s life was dominated by the events of the two world wars. In 1917, his discovery of contemporary Expressionist poetry and drama transformed him from a talented student to Germany’s leading new composer. His one-act operas Sancta Susanna and Das Nusch-Nuschi date from this period. Sancta Susanna – Hindemith’s first masterpiece – combines religious and erotic symbolism into an eerie narrative that was shocking for its time, whereas the dance suite from Das Nusch-Nuschi emphasises the plot’s origin as a Burmese comedy. The three symphonic movements from the opera Mathis der Maler refer to the three panels of the Isenheim Altarpiece by Renaissance painter Matthias Grünewald, but also graphically reflect Hindemith’s own artistic struggles in Nazi Germany.

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