Swedish Chamber Orchestra & Heinz Karl Gruber - Weill: Orchestral Works (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Der Silbersee - Ein Wintermärchen (Excerpts): Overture
02. Der Silbersee - Ein Wintermärchen (Excerpts): No. 3, Der Bäcker backt ums Morgenrot
03. Der Silbersee - Ein Wintermärchen (Excerpts): Spoken Introduction to Was zahlen Sie
04. Der Silbersee - Ein Wintermärchen (Excerpts): No. 7, Was zahlen Sie für einen Rat
05. Symphony No. 1 "Berlin"
06. Symphony No. 2 "Symphonic Fantasy": I. Sostenuto - Allegro molto
07. Symphony No. 2 "Symphonic Fantasy": II. Largo
08. Symphony No. 2 "Symphonic Fantasy": III. Allegro vivace - Presto

"Although Kurt Weill’s principal legacy lies in music theatre works of both popular appeal and intellectual weight, he was equally at home in purely orchestral works as evidenced by his two symphonies. Written just over a decade apart, they reveal his chameleon-like ability to work with any range of style and form. The Symphonie in einem Satz (Symphony in one movement), completed when he was barely 21, adopts an expressionist idiom that shows intricate writing, dense counterpoint and quick shifts reminiscent of Schoenberg's First Chamber Symphony. Completed in France in 1934 after Weill had to flee Nazi Germany, the Fantaisie symphonique is filled with allusions to the 'sung ballet' The Seven Deadly Sins, composed at the same time. Opening the programme is a selection from the ‘play with music’ Der Silbersee (The Silver Lake), a commentary on commercial greed. As in The Threepenny Opera, the vocal parts were composed for singing actors rather than opera singers. Steeped in the world of Weill, conductor, composer and chansonnier HK Gruber performs the songs himself in his own inimitable way, giving an unusual authenticity to the interpretations."

DOWNLOAD ALBUM [flac CD-Rip]

DOWNLOAD ALBUM [flac Web]

DOWNLOAD ALBUM [Hi-Res]