Arnold Schonberg - ''Gurre-Lieder'' - vol. 50 / Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann / Stephen Gould, Camilla Nylund, Christa Mayeer, Markus Marquardt, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke / Profil Medien 2x Audio CD 2020 / PH20052

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Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (/ˈʃɜːrnbɜːrɡ/, US also /ˈʃoʊn-/; German: [ˈʃøːnbɛɐ̯k]; 13 September 1874 – 13 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School. As a Jewish composer, Schoenberg was targeted by the Nazi Party, which labeled his works as degenerate music and forbade them from being published. He immigrated to the United States in 1933, becoming an American citizen in 1941.

Gurre-Lieder is a large cantata for five vocal soloists, narrator, chorus and large orchestra, composed by Arnold Schoenberg, on poems by the Danish novelist Jens Peter Jacobsen (translated from Danish to German by Robert Franz Arnold [de]). The title means "songs of Gurre", referring to Gurre Castle in Denmark, scene of the medieval love-tragedy (related in Jacobsen's poems) revolving around the Danish national legend of the love of the Danish king Valdemar Atterdag (Valdemar IV, 1320–1375, spelled Waldemar by Schoenberg) for his mistress Tove, and her subsequent murder by Valdemar's jealous wife Queen Helvig (a legend which is historically more likely connected with his ancestor Valdemar I).

Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951)

''Gurre-Lieder''

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden mit Mitglierdern des Gustav Mahler Jugendorchesters

Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden

MDR-Rundfunkchor

• Christian Thielemann - Dirigent
• Stephen Gould - Waldemar
• Camilla Nylund - Tove
• Christa Mayer - Waldtaube
• Markus Marquardt - Bauer
• Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke - Klaus-Narr
  
• Franz Grundheber - Sprecher