The title Hugo Wolf und der Wiener Jugendstil leads the listener to expect an examination of the relationship between the Viennese art song and the artistic and aesthetic movement known as Jugendstil (youth style) in German and art nouveau in French and English. That's not really what you get; indeed, the English translation on the cover, "...and the Next Generation," seems to back off and promise something different. The booklet claims that the Jugendstil descriptor is applicable to the music on the album but offers as ...
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The title Hugo Wolf und der Wiener Jugendstil leads the listener to expect an examination of the relationship between the Viennese art song and the artistic and aesthetic movement known as Jugendstil (youth style) in German and art nouveau in French and English. That's not really what you get; indeed, the English translation on the cover, "...and the Next Generation," seems to back off and promise something different. The booklet claims that the Jugendstil descriptor is applicable to the music on the album but offers as evidence only the "burning expressiveness" and "uncompromising sense of life" supposedly shared by the compositions here, which isn't a very good description of the Jugendstil. The English title does turn out to be more accurate, and it reveals an interesting idea: Hugo Wolf wasn't directly connected to Schoenberg, Berg, or Franz Schreker, but bass-baritone Dominik Wörner, writing his own booklet notes (they're given in German, French, and English; the song texts...
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Alban Berg; Arnold Schoenberg; Franz Schreker; Hugo Wolf. 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.