Eva Lind - Ich Will Leben - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Ensemble Sorpresa - Chamber Music / Duo for Flute & Guitar [COMPACT DISCS] date 07/07/2003

The Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra enjoyed a long and intensive artistic collaboration, which was brought to an abrupt end by his death in October 2021. BR-KLASSIK is now presenting outstanding live recordings of concerts from the past years that have not yet been released. This recording of Shostakovich's Eighth Symphony documents a concert given in September 2006 at Munich's Philharmonie i'm Gasteig.For Shostakovich's contemporaries, educated in the spirit of Socialist Realism, it was clear that the Eighth Symphony had to have a programme and, even more specifically, a topical reference to current events. And at the time, there could hardly have been anything more topical than the recent, decisive turning point in the war in the form of the battle for Stalingrad. It is therefore hardly surprising that the Eighth Symphony, composed in less than nine weeks between July 2 and September 9, 1943, was also referred to as the InchStalingradInch. Under the pressure of circumstance, Shostakovich was obliged to develop an aesthetic of ambiguity, secret hidden meanings and abysmal irony that was almost without parallel in cultural history. This work also expresses the sheer compulsion under which a musical language in conformity with the system had to be created.Haitink first conducted a Munich subscription concert in 1958, and from then on was a regular guest with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra - either at the Herkulessaal of the Residenz or at the Philharmonie i'm Gasteig. This congenial collaboration lasted more than six decades. The orchestral musicians and singers enjoyed working with him just as much as the BR sound engineers. As an interpreter of the symphonic repertoire, and especially that of the German-Austrian Late Romantic period, Haitink was held in high esteem throughout the world. With him, Dmitri Shostakovich's

Eva Zalenga, winner of the German Music Competition, makes her GENUIN debut with an album featuring colorful and striking music for soprano and diverse instrumental ensembles. Highlights include a world premiere recording of Ignaz Lachner's work, a rare find by Darius Milhaud, and renowned repertoire such as Schubert's InchDer Hirt auf dem FelsenInch and songs by Rebecca Clarke and Pauline Viardot. Eva Zalenga's Inchfine, light, and lyricalInch soprano brings fresh interpretations to these works. Another standout is the revised version of Isabelle Aboulker's InchJe t'aimeInch, developed directly with the composer. Album Tracks 1. An die Entfernte (In die Ferne), Op. 23 für Sopran, Violoncello und Klavier 2. Auf dem Strom, D. 943 für Sopran, Violoncello und Klavier 3. Schäfers Lied Op. 111 für Sopran, Klarinette und Klavier 4. Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965 für Sopran, Klarinette und Klavier 5. Sterne VWV 1059 für Sopran, Violoncello und Klavier 6. Three Irish Country Songs für Sopran und Violine~I. I know my love (Westirisch) 7. Three Irish Country Songs für Sopran und Violine~II. I know where I'm goin' (Nordirisch, Antrim) 8. Three Irish Country Songs für Sopran und Violine~III. As I was goin' to Ballynure (Nordirisch, Antrim) 9. Two Nursery Rhymes~The Ragwort für Sopran, Klarinette und Klavier 10. Two Nursery Rhymes~The Dandelion für Sopran und Klarinette 11. Quatre Poèmes de Catulle, Op. 80 für Sopran und Violine~I. La femme que j'aime dit 12. Quatre Poèmes de Catulle, Op. 80 für Sopran und Violine~II. Voilà où mon âme en est venue 13. Quatre Poèmes de Catulle, Op. 80 für Sopran und Violine~III. Ma chérie, aimons-nous 14. Quatre Poèmes de Catulle, Op. 80 für Sopran und Violine~IV. Ma chérie, en présence de son mari 15. Je t'aime für Sopran, Violine, Klavier, Violoncello und Klarinette