Groot Omroepkoor – Sulamith (Cantata) & Kreis Des Lebens (Oratorio) [CD]

Description

When Jan van Gilse completed his studies in Cologne in 1902, he devoted himself to his prizewinning first symphony along with a dramatic scene based on the prose poem Sulamith by Prince Erich von Schonaich-Carolath, in which Satan realises that there is still love on earth despite his machinations. Judging by his impressive music, this must have been the innermost conviction of the composer, who never found it easy in his life to bridge the gap between his German education and the prevailing taste of his fellow countrymen. Combative and vulnerable, quick-tempered and desperate, he strove for a truth that few heard – a loner even when, in 1929, he wrote the poignant Kreis des Lebens (Circle of Life) after Rainer Maria Rilke, which had had to wait for a hundred years to receive an adequate performance and deserved recognition. Now it has arrived.

Tracklist:

1. Sulamith, Kantate FR Sopran, Tenor, Bass, Chor Und Orchester
2. Kreis Des Lebens, Kantate FR Sopran, Tenor, Chor Und Orchester-Allegro Moderato: Das Ist Die Sehnsucht
3. Kreis Des Lebens, Kantate FR Sopran, Tenor, Chor Und Orchester-Ruhig Flieend, Im Charakter Einer Hymne: Unsere Trume
4. Kreis Des Lebens, Kantate FR Sopran, Tenor, Chor Und Orchester-Ziemlich Langsam: Herr, Es Ist Zeit
5. Kreis Des Lebens, Kantate FR Sopran, Tenor, Chor Und Orchester-Wuchtig Und Schwer: Der Tod Ist Gro

UPC: 761203564828
Label: Cpo Records
Release Date: 1.30.26
Format: CD