Schubert Epilog

Schubert Epilog

Schubert Epilog

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Composer: Luciano Berio
Composer: Hans Werner Henze
Composer: Aribert Reimann
Composer: Kurt Schwertsik
Composer: Hans Zender
Conductor: Jonathan Nott
Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Chorus
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2004-01-01
Music Label: Tudor
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Schubert-Berio: Rendering, for orchestra: I. Allegro
Schubert-Berio: Rendering, for orchestra: II.
Schubert-Berio: Rendering, for orchestra: III.
Metamorphosen über ein Menuett von Schubert (D. 600), for 10 instruments
Erlkönig, fantasy for orchestra (from balle 'Le fils de l'air')
Schubert-chöre (4) for tenor, chorus & orchestra: Nr. 1: Coronach, D 836 ('Er ist uns geschieden'), für Frauenchor und Orchester
Schubert-chöre (4) for tenor, chorus & orchestra: Nr. 2: Der 23. Psalm, D 706 ('Gott ist mein Hirt'), für Frauenchor und Orchester
Schubert-chöre (4) for tenor, chorus & orchestra: Nr. 3: Der Gondelfahrer, Op. 38, D 809 ('Es tanzen Mond und Sterne'), für Männercho
Schubert-chöre (4) for tenor, chorus & orchestra: Nr. 4: Nachthelle, D. 892 ('Die Nacht is heiter'), für Tenor-Solo, Männerchor und O
Epilogue to Rosamunde, for orchestra, Op. 33

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Music Review: The ghost of Scubert clothed in modernist garb -- fascinating
Rating: 5 Stars

This is a clever concept album that provides the tail end, or Epilogue, to Schubert's symphonic career. Upon the basis of sketches and scraps some diverse modern composers have built intriguing works that lie somewhere between completions and homages:

Luciano Berio -- Rendering
Hans Werner Henze -- Erlkonig
Aribert Reimann Metamorphosen fiber em Menuett von Franz Schubert (D600) Schubert/Zender -- Coronach, D836. Gondelfabrer, D809. Nachthelle, D8922. Psalm 23, D706
Kurt Schwertsik -- Epilog zu 'Rosamunde'

Berio's "Rendering" takes Schubert's remaining notes for a Tenth Sym. and interpolates them very skillfully and evocatively with his own sympathetic modern additions, all in a delicate, even ghostly style. This work has been recorded several times, but of the three versions I know, Nott's is the best in terms of execution and real brio. At the other extreme, Hans Zender has done a conventional job arranging a handful of Schubert lieder for orchestra and either men's or women's chorus. The sound of a vibraphone, chimes, and celestra is fairly weird in the mix, and the overall tone is a bit too sugary, but the results are certainly listenable. "Nachthelle" D. 892, led by a tenor soloist, is the most dramatic and spooky of the four songs.

Instead of juxtaposing old and new, as Berio did, Reinemann states Schubert's fairly nondescript minuet and then sets off for 8 min. on a modernist course all his own, the result sounding fairly true to Schubert, somehow, since there is always a hint of the original. But you won't hear any of Schubert's Erlkonig in Henze's balletic tribute, which the Gramophone rightly describes as a "densely exhilarating Scherzo." Schwertsik's moody Epilog to Rosamunde, from which the album gets its title, is infiltrated with Schubertian fragments, and like all the modernist works chosen, it's eloquent and thoroughly enjoyable.

If you're willing to take a mild chance and also love Schubert's music, these loving tributes make a worthy exploration that bridges two centuries very evocatively.

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