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Composer(s): Schoenberg, Arnold
Lyricist(s): Schoenberg, Arnold
Conductor(s): Kluttig, Roland
Orchestra(s): Stuttgart State Orchestra
Artist(s): Bespalovaite, Irena; Curtis, Emma; Durr, Karl-Friedrich; Ebbecke, Michael; Frisch, Ulrich; Merritt, Chris; Riedel, Alois; Schneider, Bernhard; Schöne, Wolfgang; Storck, Stephan; Vrabac, Sasa
Label: Naxos
Series: Opera Classics
Genre: Opera
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.660158-59
Barcode: 730099615822
Release Date: 08/2006
SCHOENBERG: Moses und Aron
In 1921 Arnold Schoenberg was forced to leave his holiday home in Austria because of the rising tide of anti-Semitism in Europe. This experience caused him to re-evaluate his Jewish identity, and was eventually to lead to the composition of his �fragmentary masterpiece� Moses und Aron. The opera draws its figures and motifs from the Book of Exodus, and the conflict between the beliefs of the two central characters is reflected in the music. Schoenberg died six years before its premi�re, but he regarded Moses und Aron as his most important work.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Schoenberg, Arnold
Schoenberg, Arnold - Lyricist
Schoenberg, Arnold - Lyricist
|  | 1 | Act I Scene 1: Einziger, ewiger...und unvorstellbarer Gott! (Only, eternal...and unimaginable God!) (Moses) | 10:05 |
| | 2 | Act I Scene 2: Du Sohn meiner Vater... (Son of my fathers...) (Aaron, Moses) | 07:55 |
| | 3 | Act I Scene 3: Ich hab ihn gesehn, als eine feurige Flamme (I saw him as a burning flame) (Young Girl, Young Man...Chorus) | 06:25 |
| | 4 | Act I Scene 4: Bringt ihr Erhorung...? (Do you bring news...?) (Chorus, Moses, Aaron, Priest, Girl, Young Man, Man) | 06:55 |
| | 5 | Act I Scene 5: Allmachtiger, meine Kraft ist zu Ende (Almighty, my strength is at an end) (Moses, Aaron, Chorus, Young Girl, Young Man...) | 10:55 |
| | 6 | Act I Scene 6: Alles fur die Freiheit! (All for freedom!) (Man, Chorus, Priest, Moses, Aaron) | 09:47 |
Disc 2
| | 1 | Act I Interlude: Wo ist Moses?...Wo ist der Fuhrer?...(Where is Moses?...Where is the leader?...) (Chorus) | 02:43 |
| | 2 | Act II Scene 1: Vierzig Tage!...liegen wir nun schon hier! (Forty Days!...we are still waiting here!) (Seventy Elders, Priest, Aaron) | 03:34 |
| | 3 | Act II Scene 2: Wo ist Moses?... (Where is Moses?...) (Chorus, Seventy Elders, Aaron) | 08:35 |
| | 4 | Act II Scene 3: Diese Bild bezeugt dass in allem was ist...(This image is witness that in all that is...) (Aaron, Invalid Woman, Beggars...) | 10:26 |
| | 5 | Act II Scene 3: Frei unter eigenen Herren (Free, under their own masters) (Ephraimite, Tribal Leaders, Youth, Seventy Elders) | 10:12 |
| | 6 | Act II Scene 3: Du goldener Gott... (You golden god...) (Girl, Naked Virgins, Seventy Elders, Naked Youth, Chorus) | 09:11 |
| | 7 | Act II Scene 4: Vergeh, du Abbild des Unvermogens... (Away, you image of impotence...) (Moses, Chorus) | 01:33 |
| | 8 | Act II Scene 5: Aron, was hast du getan?...Nicht Neues! (Aaron, what have you done?...Nothing new!) (Moses, Aaron, Chorus) | 14:33 |
Total Playing Time: 01:52:49