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FRANZ SCHREKER (1878 - 1934)
Trained as a violinist and as a composer at the Vienna Conservatory, Franz Schreker belongs to that group of composers whose careers were eclipsed by the events of 1933 in Germany. Schreker enjoyed very considerable success as a composer of opera, in a style that couples the late Romantic with an element of musical collage, presenting scenes where different layers of music are juxtaposed or superimposed, all with a mastery of orchestral colour.
Stage Works
Schreker won early success with Der Geburtstag der Infantin (‘The Birthday of the Infanta’), a ballet based on the story by Oscar Wilde. Der ferne Klang (‘The Distant Sound’), an opera staged first at Frankfurt in 1912, has more of Debussy than Wagner about it, dealing with the mystical pursuit by the artist for the distant sound that he has heard. Der ferne Klang influenced Alban Berg, who made a vocal score of the work. Of other operas, Die Gezeichneten (‘Those Marked by the Seal’) and Der Schatzgräber (‘The Treasure-Hunter’) are particularly effective, if more conventional than Der ferne Klang.
Orchestral Music
Schreker wrote a relatively small amount of purely orchestral music, although orchestral excerpts from his operas are sometimes heard in the concert hall.
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CAPRICCIO 20 PRIZE-WINNING YEARS |
Capriccio C14869 |
Opera
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COMPOSERS IN EXILE - ZEMLINSKY, A. von / SCHREKER, F. / SCHULHOFF, E. / ULLMANN, V. / HINDEMITH, P. / SCHOENBERG, A. / MILHAUD, D. |
Capriccio C67097-99 |
Choral - Secular
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LYRIC ORCHESTRAL SONGS |
Capriccio C5101 |
Vocal
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MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G Major / SCHREKER: Prelude to a Drama |
SWR Classic CD93.046 |
Orchestral
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Marco Polo - The Label of Discovery: Sampler 1 |
Marco Polo 8.223001 |
Orchestral
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Orchestral Music - DEBUSSY, C. / HINDEMITH, P. / IVES, C. / JANÁČEK, L. / PETRASSI, G. / RAVEL, M. (Michael Gielen Edition, Vol. 7 (1961-2006)) |
SWR Classic SWR19061CD |
Orchestral
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SCHREKER : Overture / Preludes |
Marco Polo 8.220392 |
Orchestral
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SCHREKER, F.: 5 Gesänge / Ein Tanzpiel / Festwalzer und Walzerintermezzo / Schwanensang / Fagea (Gulke) |
Capriccio C67063 |
Orchestral, Vocal, Choral - Secular, Orchestral, Spoken Commentary, Orchestral, Spoken Commentary, Orchestral, Spoken Commentary, Orchestral, Vocal, Spoken Commentary, Vocal
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SCHREKER, F.: Ferne Klang (Der) [Opera] |
Capriccio C60024-2 |
Opera
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SCHREKER, F.: Ferne Klang (Der) [Opera] (Moser, Schnaut, Halem, Nimsgern, Berlin Radio Symphony, G. Albrecht) |
Capriccio C5178 |
Opera
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SCHREKER, F.: Geburtstag der Infantin Suite (Der) / Vorspiel zu einem Drama / Romantische Suite (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Falletta) |
Naxos 8.573821 |
Orchestral
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SCHREKER, F.: Schatzgraber (Der) [Opera] (Albrecht) |
Capriccio C60010-2 |
Opera
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SCHREKER, F.: Schatzgraber (Der) [Opera] (Protschka, Schnaut, Stamm, Haage, Helm, Hamburg State Philharmonic, G. Albrecht) |
Capriccio C5175 |
Opera
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SCHREKER, F.: Symphony, Op. 1 / Das Weib des Intaphernes / Psalm 116 (Gulke) |
Capriccio C10850 |
Orchestral, Choral - Sacred, Orchestral
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SCHREKER, F.: Vom ewigen Leben / Phantastische Ouvertüre / Ekkehard (V. Wilson, Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic, C. Ward) |
Capriccio C5348 |
Orchestral, Vocal, Orchestral, Vocal, Orchestral
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SCHREKER: Der Ferne Klang |
Marco Polo 8.223270-71 |
Opera
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SCHREKER: Ferne Klang (Der) |
Naxos 8.660074-75 |
Opera
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SCHREKER: Flammen |
Marco Polo 8.223422 |
Opera
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SCHREKER: Gezeichneten (Die) |
Marco Polo 8.223328-30 |
Opera
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SCHREKER: Overtures |
Naxos 8.555246 |
Orchestral
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SCHREKER: Romantic Suite / Prelude to Memnon |
Naxos 8.555107 |
Orchestral
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SCHREKER: Vorspiel zur 'Memnon' / Romantic Suite |
Marco Polo 8.220469 |
Orchestral
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SCHWARZ, Gerard: Gerard Schwarz Collection (The) (30-CD Box Set) |
Naxos 8.503294 |
Orchestral
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STRASFOGEL, I.: Franz Schreker Book / Scherzo No. 1 / SCHREKER, F.: Kammersymphonie (Lessing) |
Capriccio C10873 |
Orchestral
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Vocal Recital: Ernst, Norbert - SCHREKER, F. / ZEMLINSKY, A. / KIENZL, W. / SALAMON, M. (Wohl fühl ich, wie das Leben rinnt) |
Gramola Records Gramola99010 |
Vocal
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Vocal Recital: Lipovšek, Marjana - MAHLER, G. / SCHREKER, F. / STRAUSS, R. / WOLF, H. |
Orfeo C176891A |
Vocal
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Vocal Recital: Schwanewilms, Anne - SCHUBERT, F. / SCHREKER, F. / KORNGOLD, E.W. (Schöne Welt…) |
Capriccio C5233 |
Vocal
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WEILL, K.: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik / Quodlibet Suite / Mahagonny Songspiel / Violin Concerto, Op. 12 (The Berlin Project) (Landau, Foss, Detmold) |
Vox Box CDX-5043 |
Ballet |
CAPRICCIO 20 PRIZE-WINNING YEARS |
Capriccio C14869 |
Opera
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SCHREKER, F.: 5 Gesänge / Ein Tanzpiel / Festwalzer und Walzerintermezzo / Schwanensang / Fagea (Gulke) |
Capriccio C67063 |
Spoken Commentary
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SCHREKER, F.: Ferne Klang (Der) [Opera] |
Capriccio C60024-2 |
Opera
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SCHREKER, F.: Ferne Klang (Der) [Opera] (Moser, Schnaut, Halem, Nimsgern, Berlin Radio Symphony, G. Albrecht) |
Capriccio C5178 |
Opera
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SCHREKER, F.: Schatzgraber (Der) [Opera] (Albrecht) |
Capriccio C60010-2 |
Opera
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SCHREKER, F.: Schatzgraber (Der) [Opera] (Protschka, Schnaut, Stamm, Haage, Helm, Hamburg State Philharmonic, G. Albrecht) |
Capriccio C5175 |
Opera
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SCHREKER: Der Ferne Klang |
Marco Polo 8.223270-71 |
Opera
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SCHREKER: Ferne Klang (Der) |
Naxos 8.660074-75 |
Opera
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SCHREKER: Gezeichneten (Die) |
Marco Polo 8.223328-30 |
Opera |
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