Composer: Paul Hindemith
Performer: Ausrine Stundyte, Renée Morloc, Caroline Baas, Enzo Brumm, Annette Schönmüller
Orchestra: ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Marin Alsop
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8574283
Release: 2021
Size: 596 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Nusch-Nuschi Tänze
01. Sehr lebhaft
02. Mäßig lebhaft
03. Allegro marziale
Sancta Susanna, Op. 21
04. Sancta Susanna
05. Ave Maria
06. Satanas! Satanas!
07. Wir trugen sie fort
08. Kyrie eleison
Symphony ‘Mathis der Maler’
09. I. Engelkonzert
10. II. Grablegung
11. 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.