Pierrot Lunaire / Herzgewachse / Ode to Napoleon
曲目リスト
1 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part I: 1. Mondestrunken |
2 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part I: 2. Colombine |
3 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part I: 3. Der Dandy |
4 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part I: 4. Eine Blasse Wascherin |
5 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part I: 5. Valse De Chopin |
6 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part I: 6. Madonna |
7 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part I: 7. Der Kranke Mond |
8 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part II: 8. Nacht |
9 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part II: 9. Gabet An Pierrot |
10 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part II: 10. Raub |
11 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part II: 11. Rote Messe |
12 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part II: 12. Galgenlied |
13 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part II: 13. Enthauptung |
14 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part II: 14. Die Kreuze |
15 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part III: 15. Heimweh |
16 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part III: 16. Gemeinheit! |
17 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part III: 17. Parodie |
18 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part III: 18. Der Mondfleck |
19 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part III: 19. Ser |
20 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part III: 20. Heimfahrt |
21 | Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21. Part III: 21. O Alter Duft |
22 | Herzgewachse, Op.20 |
23 | Ode To Napoleon Buonaparte, Op.41 |
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Arnold Schoenberg claimed he had never set out to be a revolutionary. Yet the song cycle he wrote in 1912 based on proto- expressionist poems and featuring a grotesque harlequin figure, Pierrot Lunaire, still reverberates with its haunting, startling originality. This work introduced the world to a hitherto unthought-of musical landscape; to call it innovative would be an absurd understatement. What's particularly exciting about the undertaking here (Boulez's third recorded take on this music) is how utterly fresh the music sounds, its novelty unblunted and yet strangely beautiful--a far cry from the forbidding Schoenberg of stereotype. Soprano Christine Schäfer negotiates the no-man's land between spoken word and sung pitch--the technique known as Sprechstimme which Schoenberg introduced here--with fascinating nuance. She brings a cabaret-savvy sensibility to bear, along with a gripping sense of pathos, alternately sweet and acrid. Boulez treats the songs as miniatures, offering coloristic and multiperspectival--almost Cubistic--portrayals of Pierrot. For all the score's nebulous atmospherics, Boulez distills a keen, sharp clarity of line and timbre. Also included is the extraordinary song "Herzgewächse" (scored for harmonium, celesta, and harp), in which Schäfer matches her voice like a "crystal sigh" to the instrumentation. The album is filled out with Schoenberg's setting, during his exile from the Nazi horror, of Byron's bitterly ironic "Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte" for a baritone reciter. --Thomas May
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- メーカーにより製造中止になりました : いいえ
- 製品サイズ : 12.5 x 14.2 x 1.3 cm; 90.72 g
- メーカー : Deutsche Grammophon
- EAN : 0002894576302, 0028945763026
- 商品モデル番号 : 028945763026
- オリジナル盤発売日 : 1998
- レーベル : Deutsche Grammophon
- ASIN : B00000DBV6
- ディスク枚数 : 1
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I am enamoured of two-thirds of this disc. The famous title piece is a totally beguiling 33-minute work to a text by Belgian poet Albert Giraud, sung-spoken here ('fur eine Sprechstimme' as designated) by versaitle soprano Christine Schaefer in what to me is an almost unimprovable performance. I could have listened to it for another half hour, so beguiling is it.
Next comes the three-minute Herzewachse for Soprano, Celesta, harmonium & harp, to a text by Maeterlinck. It's a lyrical and lovely miniature.
The final work, Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte is odd, to say the least: a recitation of Byron's poem for baritone and string quartet. Despite the pleasant enough string backing, I found it close to unendurable. It doesn't help that the vocal of David Pittman-Jennings is abrasive and unlovable. I simply fail to see the point of it. As should be obvious I rather like Schoenberg, but occasionally he can try the patience of even the most devoted listener, as - to my ears, anyway - he does here.
No matter, you still get 36 minutes of brave and, in its way, beautiful music, and that's just about enough. The late Pierre Boulez is a pair of safe hands, and Schaefer shines.
Reservedly recommended.
L'ascolto non si presenta ovviamente facile né immediato.
Eppure il binomio rappresentato da Pierre Boulez - il più titolato, unitamente a Claudio Abbado, a sviscerare le pagine di Schoenberg - e da Christine Schaefer, grande liederista, sanno suscitare nell'ascoltatore emozioni, dubbi, incubi, introspezioni, paure; dalla sofferenza della prima parte, si passa ai toni angosciati della parte intermedia, fino alla nostalgia e al sentimento di Pierrot che si annega nei profumi bergamaschi nella parte finale.
Non bisogna porsi problemi ermeneutici: è sufficiente farsi trasportare da queste pagine e lasciare che la psiche segua i fili nascosti di Schoenberg/Boulez/Pierrot: se ne uscirà sereni o sconvolti!
Completano il CD due brani poco noti, la cantata Herzgewaechse op.20 e l'Ode a Napoleone op.41, quest'ultimo ben "cantato" dal baritono David Pittman-Jennings.
Voix idéale, très pure, sans vibrato, maîtrise absolue de la prosodie allemande, compréhension intime de cette musique qu'elle semble chanter d'instinct et qui semble avoir écrite pour elle, Christine Schäfer est effectivement l'interprète idéale.
Son interprétation est d'une grande sobriété et jamais elle ne sollicite le texte, ce qui correspond exactement aux témoignages que l'on connaît de la créatrice de l'oeuvre Albertine Zehme.
De surcroit, elle est idéalement accompagnée par la fine fleur des instrumentistes de l'InterContemporain : Jean Guihen Queyras au violoncelle, Florent Boffard au piano, Alain Damiens à la clarinette, Sophie Cherrier à la flûte et Jeanne-Marie Conquer au violon et à l'alto, dirigés par leur maître Pierre Boulez qui est dans cette musique comme un poisson dans l'eau.
Signalons que les mêmes interprètes ont enregistré l'oeuvre en DVD dans une version scénarisée assez fantasmagorique et déroutante (Ref : ASIN: B000062Y6K) que je n'ai pas vraiment aimée mais qui est à connaître.
Enfin les compléments sont du plus grand intérêt et notamment le très rare Herzgewächse opus 20 dont je ne connais pas d'autres enregistrements.
Un disque très fortement recommandé.