Zemlinsky / Carlstedt / Lapland Chamber Orchestra - Zemlinsky: Seven Songs - Chamber Symphony - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Ondine is proud to these world premiere recordings of two new Zemlinsky arrangements by Richard Dünser with Lapland Chamber Orchestra conducted by John Storgårds. The works of Austrian composer Alexander Zemlinsky - much admired by composers such as Mahler, Schoenberg and Berg - have gained more attention during the last decades. He wrote only 27 works with an opus number, but several of them can be considered among 20th century masterpieces. In 2013 composer Richard Dünser, pupil of Francis Burt and Hans Werner Henze, made two new rich arrangements of works by Zemlinsky. Seven Songs of Night and Dream (Sieben Lieder von Nacht und Traum) is an orchestration of songs from opp. 2, 5, 6, 8 and 10 based on the themes of night and dream. In this recording the songs are sung by mezzo-soprano Jenny Carlstedt. Chamber Symphony is a 40-minute orchestration of Zemlinsky's String Quartet No. 2. In this orchestration the limitations of a string quartet is set free by using a larger ensemble. Zemlinsky's String Quartet contains references to the works of his most famous pupil, Arnold Schoenberg. Album Tracks 1. Der Traum - Jenny Carlstedt/Lapland Chamber Orchestra 2. Das Verlassene Mädchen - Jenny Carlstedt/Lapland Chamber Orchestra 3. Um Mitternacht - Jenny Carlstedt/Lapland Chamber Orchestra 4. Schlaf Nur Ein - Jenny Carlstedt/Lapland Chamber Orchestra 5. Und Hat Der Tag All' Seine Qual - Jenny Carlstedt/Lapland Chamber Orchestra 6. Ich Geh' Des Nachts - Jenny Carlstedt/Lapland Chamber Orchestra 7. Vöglein Schwermut - Jenny Carlstedt/Lapland Chamber Orchestra 8. I. Sehr Mässig (Quasi Andante) - Heftig Und Leidenschaftlich - Andante Mosso - Etwas Rascher - Lapland Chamber Orchestra 9. II. Adagio - Lapland Chamber Orchestra 10. III. Schnell (Die Achtel) - Lapland Chamber Orchestra 11. IV. Andante - Lapland Chamber Orchestra 12. V. Langsam - Lapland Ch