P. Hindemith - Choral Works - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This album contains Hindemith's most popular orchestral works, including the Balanchine-choreographed Symphonic Metamorphosis, performed with lapidary precision and great empathy by Hyperion regulars the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins, who have proved themselves consummate interpreters of this composer. Countermanding his reputation a composer of grim, gritty music, this is Hindemith at his most genuinely enjoyable - as Gavin Plumley writes in his informative booklet notes, InchHindemith's music is both intelligible and intellectual, as entertaining as it is finely wrought.Inch Album Tracks 1. Konzertmusik for Brass and Strings Op 50 Mässig Schnell, Mit Kraft Sehr Breit, Aber Stets Fliessend [8'59] 2. Konzertmusik for Brass and Strings Op 50 Lebhaft Langsam in Ersten Zeitmass [8'46] 3. Symphony Mathis Der Maler Engelkonzert [9'06] 4. Symphony Mathis Der Maler Grablegung [4'11] 5. Symphony Mathis Der Maler Versuchung Des Heiligen Antonius [13'38] 6. Symphonic Metamorphosis After Themes By Carl Maria Von Weber Allegro [4'17] 7. Symphonic Metamorphosis After Themes By Carl Maria Von Weber Scherzo Turandot [7'53] 8. Symphonic Metamorphosis After Themes By Carl Maria Von Weber Andantino [4'19] 9. Symphonic Metamorphosis After Themes By Carl Maria Von Weber Marsch [4'49]

Album Tracks 1. The Four Temperaments Theme 2. The Four Temperaments Melancholy 3. The Four Temperaments Sanguine 4. The Four Temperaments Phlegmatic 5. The Four Temperaments Choleric 6. Nobilissima Visione Introduction and Rondo 7. Nobilissima Visione March and Pastorale 8. Nobilissima Visione Passacaglia

Paul Hindemith's compositions for a cappella choir are distinguished by a richness of expression and mood manifested in various compositional techniques and artistic forms. Again and again in his writings and textbooks, Hindemith emphasized the important role of the singing voice as a natural instrument for the composer-in-the-making to test his compositional sketches as well as for the layperson and music lover for spontaneous singing and music making. The CD presents choral compositions on texts by Bertolt Brecht, Gottfried Benn, Walt Whitman, Fitz-James O'Brien, medieval and self-composed texts. Both dramatic and humorous, light tones in these choral works show the breadth of Hindemith's skillfulness. The CD was awarded the Quarterly German Record Critics' Award and the InchEcho Klassik 2001Inch (best choral-work recording)! Album Tracks 1. Über Das Frühjahr, for 4-Part Men's Chorus (TTBB) 2. Eine Lichte Mitternacht Dies Ist Deine Stunde, O Seele, for Male Chorus 3. Choruses (3) for Male Chorus Du Musst Dir Alles Geben 4. Choruses (3) for Male Chorus FÜRST Kraft 5. Choruses (3) for Male Chorus Vision Des Mannes 6. Songs (4) on Texts of Claudius for Voice & Piano (3 Lost) 7. Songs (7) on Old Texts, for Chorus, Op. 33 Movement I, Vom Hausregiment 8. Songs (7) on Old Texts, for Chorus, Op. 33 Movement II, Frauenklage 9. Songs (7) on Old Texts, for Chorus, Op. 33 Movement III, Art LÄSST Nicht Von Art 10. Songs (7) on Old Texts, for Chorus, Op. 33 Movement IV, Der Liebe Schrein 11. Songs (7) on Old Texts, for Chorus, Op. 33 Movement V, Heimliches GLÜCK 12. Songs (7) on Old Texts, for Chorus, Op. 33 Movement VI, Landsknechtstrinklied/Chöre 13. Choruses (3) for 4 Part Men's Chorus (TTBB) Movement I, Das Verfluchte Geld 14. Choruses (3) for 4 Part Men's Chorus (TTBB) Movemtn II. Nun, Da Der Tag 15. Choruses (3) for 4 Part M