Yvonne Loriod, piano, Marcel Naulais, petite clarinette, Guy Deplus, clarinette, Louis Montaigne, clarinette basse, Jacques Ghestem, violon, Serge Collot, alto, Jean Huchot, violoncelle, Pierre Boulez, direction. 1959 ã.
Well, `Accompaniment to a Film Scene`, really. From 1930. Premièred by Otto Klemperer in Berlin, during the Kroll Oper years.
Schoenberg wrote it in 1929 already, for a kind of expressionist movie. When in the 30`s, during the diaspora caused by the German fascists, living in LA near the heart of Hollywood, the composer was given the chance of coöperating with a cinematographic music contribution, he took exactly this same music out of the drawer. He asked a substantial prize. Then
Richard Salter Mann
Christine Whittlesey Frau
Claudia Barainsky Freundin
Ryszard Karczykowski Sänger
Annabelle Hahn Kind
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt
Michael Gielen, dirigent
Gabriel - Günter Reich (bassbaritone), Der Auserwählte - Thomas Stewart (baritone), Ein Berufener - Josef Traxel (tenor), Ein Aufrührerischer - Julius Patzak (tenor), Ein Ringender - Hans-Herbert Fiedler (baritone), Der Mönch - Helmut Krebs (tenor), Der Sterbende/Die Seele - Ilse Hollweg (sopran). June 13, 1961, Funkhaus Köln, Studio
1. Mein Herz in steten Treuen, op. 49 (1948); 2. Der Mai tritt ein mit Freuden, op. 49 (1948); 3. Herzlieblich Lieb, durch Scheiden (1928); 4. Es gingen zwei Gespielen gut, op. 49 (1948); 5. Es gingen zwei Gespielen gut (1928); 6. Schein uns, du Liebe Sonne (1928). SIMON JOLY SINGERS, London, 2005.