New Album Releases: SCHOENBERG - PIERROT LUNAIRE (Patricia Kopatchinskaja)

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Artist:
Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
72:30

Record Label:
Alpha Classics

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, iTunes

Release Date
April 9, 2021



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Product Description: Pierrot lunaire, premiered in Berlin in 1912, is a series of twenty-one short melodramas for voice and five instruments on German translations of poems by Albert Giraud. Here the composer first introduces Sprechgesang (speech-song), a technique that revolutionised declamation. Schoenberg wanted the piece to be ironic, at once tender and grotesque, in the manner of cabaret songs. Patricia Kopatchinskaja, the violinist who is also an occasional actress, had long dreamt of playing and reciting this unique work. It was a pain in her arm preventing her from playing the violin that one day propelled her into the role of narrator: All my life I have felt that I was Pierrot. Every time I played this piece on the violin when I was a student, I would say the words in my head. She has now played and performed Pierrot in many venues around the world, including the Berlin Philharmonie, several cities in the United States, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden. Now she has assembled a number of her musician friends and decided to record it for posterity. Schoenbergs Phantasy op.47 and Six Little Piano Pieces op.19 complete the programme, along with works by Webern (Four Pieces for violin and piano op.7) and Schoenbergs arrangement of Johann Strausss Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz) op.437.

TRACK LIST:

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1 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: I. Mondestrunken by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (1:55)

2 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: II. Colombine by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (1:56)

3 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: III. Der Dandy by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (1:28)

4 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: IV. Eine blasse Wäscherin by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (1:36)

5 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: V. Valse de Chopin by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (1:22)

6 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: VI. Madonna by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (1:58)

7 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: VII. Der kranke Mond by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (2:45)

8 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: VIII. Nacht (Passcaglia) by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (2:09)

9 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: IX. Gebet an Pierrot by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (1:12)

10 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: X. Raub by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (1:09)

11 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: XI. Rote Messe by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (1:57)

12 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: XII. Galgenlied by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (0:19)

13 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: XIII. Enthauptung by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (2:15)

14 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: XIV. Die Kreuze by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (2:14)

15 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: XV. Heimweh by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (2:28)

16 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: XVI. Gemeinheit! by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (1:12)

17 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: XVII. Parodie by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (1:20)

18 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: Der Mondfleck by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (0:56)

19 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: XIX. Serenade by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (2:49)

20 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: XX. Heimfahrt (Barcarole) by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (1:44)

21 . Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21: XXI. O alter Duft by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen (1:45)

22 . Emperor’s Waltz, Op. 437 . by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Meesun Hong, Julia Gallego, Reto Bieri, Marko Milenkovic, Thomas Kaufmann and Joonas Ahonen 1(2:38)

23 . Phantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 47 . by Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Joonas Ahonen (9:28)

24 . Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7: I. Sehr langsam by Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Joonas Ahonen (1:19)

25 . Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7: II. Rasch by Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Joonas Ahonen (1:23)

26 . Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7: III. Sehr langsam by Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Joonas Ahonen (1:18)

27 . Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7: IV. Bewegt by Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Joonas Ahonen (1:04)

28 . Little Viennese March by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Thomas Kaufmann, Reto Bieri and Joonas Ahonen (3:20)

29 . Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19: I. Leicht, zart by Joonas Ahonen (1:23)

30 . Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19: II. Langsam by Joonas Ahonen (0:53)

31 . Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19: III. Sehr Langsam by Joonas Ahonen (1:00)

32 . Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19: IV. Rasch, aber leicht by Joonas Ahonen (0:28)

33 . Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19: V. Etwas rasch by Joonas Ahonen (0:33)

34 . Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19: VI. Sehr langsam by Joonas Ahonen (1:14)

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