This selection of spiritual but mostly secular late Romantic vocal music offers a program that wouldn't have been heard in the music's time, with two related choral pieces by Max Reger flanking Mahler's Rückert-Lieder and the Psalm 23 (the only religious work of the bunch) of Alexander Zemlinsky. The intent on the part of the Kammerorchester Basel and Camerata Vocale Freiburg under Winfried Toll is to strike and maintain the inward mood suggested by the title (an Einsiedler is a hermit, a recluse), taken from one of the ...
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This selection of spiritual but mostly secular late Romantic vocal music offers a program that wouldn't have been heard in the music's time, with two related choral pieces by Max Reger flanking Mahler's Rückert-Lieder and the Psalm 23 (the only religious work of the bunch) of Alexander Zemlinsky. The intent on the part of the Kammerorchester Basel and Camerata Vocale Freiburg under Winfried Toll is to strike and maintain the inward mood suggested by the title (an Einsiedler is a hermit, a recluse), taken from one of the two Reger works and thence from poet Gerd Müller-Hornbach. Does it work? Arguably yes: for moody, late-night listening, the album may fill the bill, but it succeeds even more in its constituent parts. The secular Requiem by Reger and the title choral piece were published together and are linked in outlook. The performance of the Rückert-Lieder by tenor Christoph Prégardien is gentle (even in the midst of the jangled nerves of some of the pieces in this set) and in many places...
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Alexander von Zemlinsky; Gustav Mahler; Max Reger. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
