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℗ 2016 Chandos

Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder

Alwyn Mellor, Anna Larsson, Stuart Skelton, James Creswell, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Sir Thomas Allen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Choirs, Edward Gardner

"Five Stars ... (conductor Gardner) has always been good at galvanizing huge performances and this spectacular account of Schoenberg's work was no exception ... it is good that Chandos Records was there to capture the event ... the sweep of Gardner's conducting, by turns luminous and incisive. He unleashed the piece's volcanic passions while never becoming mired in its high-calorific density and somehow avoided drowning the singers."
- The Telegraph

"... enormously impressive ... the playing of the Bergen Philharmonic is rich, seductive and sensuous ... (Gardner is) alive to the lyricism and drama of the piece in equal measure ... a real willingness to explore the sheer gorgeousness of the score, as well as a powerful sense of drama where required ... his control is mightily impressive, as is his ear for balance, helped no end by sumptuously detailed Chandos sound ... the choral singing is thrillingly alive and direct ... massed singers are nicely balanced in the sound picture ... a terrific addition to the Gurrelieder discography ... in glorious high-resolution sound that no one interested in this last great flowering of Romanticism will want to be without."

Recorded live in December 2015 amid the sumptuous acoustics of Griegha llen in Bergen, this epic interpretation of Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder involves 350 performers: large choral forces, six exceptional soloists and the legendary Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, extended for the occasion, all conducted by Edward Gardner.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Chandos Studio Masters

Recording venue: Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway
Producer: Brian Pidgeon
Engineer: Ralph Couzens
Assistant engineer (NRK): Gunnar Herleif Nilsen
Assistant engineer: Jonathan Cooper


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