Composer: Arnold Schoenberg
Orchestra: Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Conductor: Rafael Payare
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5187218
Release: 2024
Size: 1.21 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5
01. Ia. Introduction (A Forest). Ein wenig bewegt, zögernd
02. Ib. Principle Theme. Golaud marries Mélisande and brings her to the castle. Heftig
03. Ic. Second Theme. Mélisande sees Pelléas – Awakening of love. Lebhaft
04. IIa. Scene by the spring in the park. The ring falls into the water – Golaud is thrown from his horse. Sehr rasch
05. IIb. Scene at the Castle Tower (Mélisande’s Hair) – Scene in the Castle Vaults. Sehr langsam
06. IIIa. At the spring in the park. Ein wenig bewegt
07. IIIb. Goodbye and Love Scene – Golaud interferes and kills Pelleas. Langsam
08. IIIc. Reprise. Ein wenig bewegter
09. IVa. Sehr langsam.
10. IVb. Etwas bewegt.
11. IVc. Mélisande’s death chamber. In gehender Bewegung
12. IVd. Epilogue. Breit
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
13. Grave
14. Molto rallentando
15. Pesante – Grave
16. Adagio
17. Poco adagio
18. Adagio. Molto tranquillo
The Orchestre symphonique de Montreal and its Music Director Rafael Payare celebrate Arnold Schoenberg’s 150th birthday with a recording of two of his late-Romantic masterworks: Verklarte Nacht and Pelleas und Melisande. Both pieces are based on stories evolving around love, jealousy, acceptance and forgiveness, and showcase Schoenberg’s expressive harmonic language and scintillating, multifarious orchestration. The album booklet features unique photography and paintings by Arnold Schoenberg, sketching a vivid picture of this extraordinarily versatile artist. After their acclaimed PENTATONE recordings of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony (2023), as well as his Ruckert-Lieder and Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben (2024), Payare and the orchestra further explore this late-Romantic repertoire that fits them like a glove.