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Roland Hermann, Arnold Schoenberg, Pierre Boulez
Arnold Schoenberg: Moses Und Aron/Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 38
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
1. Moses und Aaron: Act One, Scene I: The Calling Of Moses
2. Moses und Aaron: Act One, Scene II: Moses Meets Aaron In The Wasteland
3. Moses und Aaron: Act One, Scene III: Moses And Aaron Bring God's Message To The People
4. Moses und Aaron: Act One, Scene IV: Chor Bringt ihr Erhorung
5. Moses und Aaron: Act One, Scene IV: Moses Allmachtiger, meine Kraft is zu Ende
6. Moses und Aaron: Act One, Scene IV: Chor Ein Wunder erfullt uns mit Schrecken
7. Moses und Aaron: Act One, Scene IV: Aron Erkennt euch darin
8. Moses und Aaron: Act One, Scene IV: Chor Er hat uns auserwahlt
9. Moses und Aaron: Interlude
Track Listings (14) - Disc #2
1. Moses und Aaron: Act Two, Scene I: Aaron And The 70 Elders Before
2. Moses und Aaron: Act Two, Scene II
3. Moses und Aaron: Act Two, Scene III: The Golden Calf And The Altar - Aron Dieses Bild bezeugt
4. Moses und Aaron: Act Two, Scene III: The Golden Calf And The Altar - Feierlich (Bar 320)
5. Moses und Aaron: Act Two, Scene III: The Golden Calf And The Altar Tanz der Schlachter
6. Moses und Aaron: Act Two, Scene III: The Golden Calf And The Altar Eine Kranke O Gotterbild
7. Moses und Aaron: Act Two, Scene III: The Golden Calf And The Altar Rasch (Bar 497)
8. Moses und Aaron: Act Two, Scene III: The Golden Calf And The Altar - Orgie der Trunkenheit und des Tanzes
9. Moses und Aaron: Act Two, Scene III: The Golden Calf And The Altar - 4 nackte Jungfrauen O goldener Gott
10. Moses und Aaron: Act Two, Scene III: The Golden Calf And The Altar - Ziemlich rasch
11. Moses und Aaron: Act Two, Scene IV
12. Moses und Aaron: Act Two, Scene V: Moses And Aaron
13. Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op.36: I. Adagio
14. Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 38: II. Con fuoco

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CD Details

All Artists: Roland Hermann, Arnold Schoenberg, Pierre Boulez, Gillian Knight, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble InterContemporain, Ricardo Cassinelli, Richard Angas, Richard Angos, Philip Langridge, John Noble, Felicity Palmer, Gunter Reich, Michael Rippon, Helen Watts, Dennis Wicks, John Winfield
Title: Arnold Schoenberg: Moses Und Aron/Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 38
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sony
Release Date: 7/13/1993
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 074644845624

Synopsis

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Pierre Boulez's 1974 recording of Schoenberg's brooding opera is sure to fascinate the audience for 20th-century music, but other opera lovers will probably find the disc somewhat tedious. Moses und Aron is a very curious work. Musical motives are mirrored in ramifications, but the overall conception is essentially plastic, rather than developmental or dramatic. Such a static canvas provides intriguing challenges for both the opera house and its audience. Gunter Reich as Moses and Richard Cassilly as Aron sing powerfully. --Joshua Cody

CD Reviews

Moses and Aron revealing of Schoenberg's religious ideas

John Harrington | 04/20/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Moses and Aron does not, perhaps, contain all of the pathos of an opera such as Wozzeck, but it is a great work in its own right. The overall mood of the piece reflects Schoenberg's awe towards God. Schoenbergs' representation of the voice of God, for example, is ingenious. The chorus supports their voice on various pitches, creating a massive tone cluster. The sound evokes wind, but also power and majesty. There is little sense of dramtic progression (and schoenberg never finished the third act, so there could also be no climax) but the work revolves around the God of the Isrealites rather than the Isrealites themselves, making the personalities of the characters less important to the meaning of the work. It is a revealing look into the mind of Schoenberg and his spiritual ideas, perhaps more than any of his other works. Boulez's direction of the BBC orchestra is good, as always."