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Wolf: Orchesterlieder & Penthesilea / Appl, Gaudenz, Jena Philharmonic
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Wolf: Orchesterlieder & Penthesilea / Appl, Gaudenz, Jena Philharmonic

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Composer
Hugo Wolf
Artist
Benjamin Appl, Jenaer Philharmonie
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Aug 26, 2022
Catalog #
555380-2
UPC
761203538027

About

"I am too cowardly to be a proper composer," Hugo Wolf confessed to a Viennese friend when he was barely 28 years old. And the result of his introspection was not so wrong: everything in his life, not only composing, proceeded in explosive spurts. He wandered through the deepest emotional valleys, suddenly flew up into the highest regions, suffered agonies when he couldn't think of anything to say, shouted his enthusiasm about a successful piece to the whole world and still managed to produce a respectable, albeit fragmentary oeuvre, from which the early poem Penthesilea after Heinrich von Kleist's tragedy of the same name stands out as a symphonic masterpiece. The Austrian baritone Benjamin Appl and the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, led by its principal conductor Simon Gaudenz, have prefaced this highly dramatic monolith with twelve selected songs, most of which were orchestrated by their author himself: a dozen small, finely polished gems based on texts by Goethe, Mörike and Heyse, whose subtle arrangements leave no doubt that Hugo Wolf would certainly have had the makings of a "proper composer". Whether then, of course, the ingenious things would have been created that posterity owes to him - that is another matter.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Mörike Lieder: No. 25. Schlafendes Jesuskind (version for voice and orchestra) 03:16
    Track
    1
    Title
    Mörike Lieder: No. 25. Schlafendes Jesuskind (version for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Performer
    Benjamin Appl
    Ensemble
    Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Simon Gaudenz
  2. 2 Gedichte von J.W. v. Goethe: No. 19. Epiphanias (arr. C. Stueber for voice and orchestra) 04:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    Gedichte von J.W. v. Goethe: No. 19. Epiphanias (arr. C. Stueber for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Performer
    Benjamin Appl
    Ensemble
    Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Simon Gaudenz
  3. 3 Gedichte von J.W. v. Goethe: No. 29. Anakreons Grab (version for voice and orchestra) 02:45
    Track
    3
    Title
    Gedichte von J.W. v. Goethe: No. 29. Anakreons Grab (version for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Performer
    Benjamin Appl
    Ensemble
    Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Simon Gaudenz
  4. 4 Mörike Lieder: No. 39. Denk' es, o Seele! (version for voice and orchestra) 02:34
    Track
    4
    Title
    Mörike Lieder: No. 39. Denk' es, o Seele! (version for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Performer
    Benjamin Appl
    Ensemble
    Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Simon Gaudenz
  5. 5 Gedichte von J.W. v. Goethe: No. 49. Prometheus (version for voice and orchestra) 05:31
    Track
    5
    Title
    Gedichte von J.W. v. Goethe: No. 49. Prometheus (version for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Performer
    Benjamin Appl
    Ensemble
    Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Simon Gaudenz
  6. 6 Mörike Lieder: No. 29. An den Schlaf (version for voice and orchestra) 02:34
    Track
    6
    Title
    Mörike Lieder: No. 29. An den Schlaf (version for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Performer
    Benjamin Appl
    Ensemble
    Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Simon Gaudenz
  7. 7 Gedichte von J.W. v. Goethe: No. 1. Harfenspieler I (version for voice and orchestra) 03:19
    Track
    7
    Title
    Gedichte von J.W. v. Goethe: No. 1. Harfenspieler I (version for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Performer
    Benjamin Appl
    Ensemble
    Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Simon Gaudenz
  8. 8 Gedichte von J.W. v. Goethe: No. 2. Harfenspieler II (version for voice and orchestra) 02:17
    Track
    8
    Title
    Gedichte von J.W. v. Goethe: No. 2. Harfenspieler II (version for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Performer
    Benjamin Appl
    Ensemble
    Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Simon Gaudenz
  9. 9 Gedichte von J.W. v. Goethe: No. 3. Harfenspieler III (version for voice and orchestra) 02:15
    Track
    9
    Title
    Gedichte von J.W. v. Goethe: No. 3. Harfenspieler III (version for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Performer
    Benjamin Appl
    Ensemble
    Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Simon Gaudenz
  10. 10 Italienisches Liederbuch: No. 33. Sterb' ich, so hüllt in Blumen (arr. M. Reger for voice and orchestra) 02:16
    Track
    10
    Title
    Italienisches Liederbuch: No. 33. Sterb' ich, so hüllt in Blumen (arr. M. Reger for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Performer
    Benjamin Appl
    Ensemble
    Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Simon Gaudenz
  11. 11 Mörike Lieder: No. 28. Gebet (version for voice and orchestra) 02:32
    Track
    11
    Title
    Mörike Lieder: No. 28. Gebet (version for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Performer
    Benjamin Appl
    Ensemble
    Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Simon Gaudenz
  12. 12 Mörike Lieder: No. 10. Fussreise (version for voice and orchestra) 02:36
    Track
    12
    Title
    Mörike Lieder: No. 10. Fussreise (version for voice and orchestra)
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Performer
    Benjamin Appl
    Ensemble
    Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Simon Gaudenz
  13. 13 I. Aufbruch der Amazonen nach Troja (Departure of the Amazons for Troy) 04:45
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Aufbruch der Amazonen nach Troja (Departure of the Amazons for Troy)
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Ensemble
    Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Simon Gaudenz
  14. 14 II. Der Traum Penthesileas vom Rosenfest (Penthesilea's Dream of the Festival of Roses) 04:27
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Der Traum Penthesileas vom Rosenfest (Penthesilea's Dream of the Festival of Roses)
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Ensemble
    Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Simon Gaudenz
  15. 15 III. Kämpfe, Leidenschaften, Wahnsinn, Vernichtung (Battles, Passions, Madness, Destruction) 14:16
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Kämpfe, Leidenschaften, Wahnsinn, Vernichtung (Battles, Passions, Madness, Destruction)
    Duration
    14:16
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Ensemble
    Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Simon Gaudenz