Peter Schöne, PhilHarmonia Octet Prague - Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Selection: Der Schildwache Nachtlied
02. Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Selection: Rheinlegendchen
03. Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Selection: Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen
04. Symphony No. 1 in D Major: I. Scherzo
05. Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Selection: Das irdische Leben
06. Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Selection: Der Tamboursg’sell
07. Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Selection: Lied des Verfolgten im Turm
08. Blumine
09. Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Selection: Es sungen drei Engel
10. Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Selection: Lob des hohen Verstands
11. Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Selection: Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt
12. Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Selection: Urlicht

Gustav Mahler’s cycle Des Knaben Wunderhorn features on innumerable recordings – so why yet another one? Because it is ... entirely different. Peter Schöne, a baritone with an immense sense for songs, the winner of prestigious international competitions (Franz Schubert Kammermusikwettbewerb in Graz, ARD in Munich), accepted the invitation to work with PhilHarmonia Octet Prague, whose members have performed with leading European orchestras (Czech Philharmonic, Berliner Philharmoniker, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln). After presenting arrangements of Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and a suite from Leoš Janáček’s opera From the House of the Dead, the Mahler project currently represents the apex of the Czech wind ensemble’s endeavour to extend their repertoire and make it even more intriguing. Even though essentially intimate, Mahler’s songs have often been closely linked with symphonies, which also applies to the Des Knaben Wunderhorn collection. Of the 24 pieces, Philharmonia Octet Prague have recorded ten, those best suited to a wind ensemble. Opting for wind instruments makes sense, given that in his childhood Mahler’s musical vocabulary was formed in part by listening frequently to the Jihlava military band. His music is interwoven with military motifs, with wind instruments being afforded a prominent position.

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