Lossless is available in FLAC and ALAC (For Mac). You select on the download page.
When you purchase a lossless format, we include the MP3 free of charge
Please note: On Mp3 format an unavoidable click may be heard on segue track breaks, to avoid this issue please select lossless
This item is temporarily unavailable.
SPECIAL OFFER
Explore the LSO Live catalogue and save 30% on downloads.
Offer ends 12.00 BST Friday 25th October
Normal Price: £5.99
SPECIAL OFFER
Explore the LSO Live catalogue and save 30% on downloads.
Offer ends 12.00 BST Friday 25th October
Normal Price: £6.99
SPECIAL OFFER
Explore the LSO Live catalogue and save 30% on downloads.
Offer ends 12.00 BST Friday 25th October
Normal Price: £9.99
SPECIAL OFFER
Explore the LSO Live catalogue and save 30% on downloads.
Offer ends 12.00 BST Friday 25th October
Normal Price: £6.99
Why not buy the whole Album?
Your selections total more than the whole disc price.
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op.50 (1843)
Erster Teil / Part One
1.
No.1 Vor Edens Tor im Morgenprangen (Alto)
3:56
2.
No.2 Wie glücklich sie wandeln (Peri)
2:15
3.
No.3 Rectiativ - Der hehre Engel, der die Pforte (Narrator, Angel)
1:45
4.
No.4 Wo find ich sie? (Peri)
2:23
5.
No.5 So sann sie nach (Narrator, Vocal Quartet)
1:03
6.
No.6 Doch seine Ströme sind jetzt rot (Chorus)
2:42
7.
No.7 Und einsam steht ein Jüngling (Narrator, Peri, Vocal Quartet, Chorus)
2:06
8.
No.8 Weh, weh, er fehlte das Ziel (Chorus)
1:53
9.
No.9 Die Peri sah das Mal der Wunde (Narrator, Peri, Vocal Quartet, Chorus)
6:17
Zweiter Teil / Part Two
10.
No.10 Die Peri tritt mit schüchterner Gebärde (Narrator, Angel, Chorus)
2:46
11.
No.11 Ihr erstes Himmelshoffen schwand (Narrator, Pari, Chorus)
3:27
12.
No.12 Fort streift von hier das Kind der Lüfte (Narrator, Peri)
3:39
13.
No.13 Die Peri weint )Narrator, Vocal Quartet)
2:25
14.
No.14 Im Waldesgrün am stillen See (Alto, Young Man)
2:56
15.
No.15 Verlassener Jüngling (Alto, Narrator, Young Man)
3:36
16.
No.16 O lass mich von der Luft duchdringen (Maiden, Narrator)
4:21
17.
No.17 Schlaf nun und ruhe in Träumen voll Duft (Peri, Chorus)
3:56
Dritter Teil / Part Three
18.
No.18 Schmücket die Stufen zu Allahs Thron (Guildhall School Quartet, Chorus)
2:54
19.
No.19 Dem Sand von ferne lauschend (Narrator, Angel)
2:55
20.
No.20 Verstossen! Verschlossen aufs neu (Peri)
4:06
21.
No.21 Jetzt sank des Abends goldner Schein (Bass)
4:06
22.
No.22 Und wie sie niederwärts sich schwingt (Narrator, Bass, Guildhall School Quartet)
3:14
23.
No.23 Hinab zu jenem Sonnentempel (Peri, Narrator, Alto, Man)
5:41
24.
No.24 O heilge Tränen innger Reue (Vocal Quartet, Chorus)
2:25
25.
No.25 Es fällt ein Tropfen (Peri, Narrator, Chorus)
5:25
26.
No.26 Freud, ewge Freude, mein Werk ist getan (Peri, Chorus)
5:51
Total time: 88:03
Solo:Sally Matthewssoprano - Peri
Solo:Kate Royalsoprano - Maiden / Vocal Quartet
Solo:Bernarda Finkalto - Angel / Vocal Quartet
Solo:Florian Boeschbass - Gazna / Man / Vocal Quartet
Choral: London Symphony Chorus
Simon Halsey - chorus director
Soloists from the Guildhall School:
Francesca Chiejina - soprano
Elizabeth Skinner - soprano
Bianca Andrew - mezzo-soprano
Emily Kyte - mezzo-soprano
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:Sir Simon Rattle
About
Sir Simon says of the piece, ’It’s the great masterpiece you’ve never heard, and there aren’t many of those now.... This is just something else, a complete anomaly if you think about it. In Schumann’s life it was the most popular piece he ever wrote, it was performed endlessly. Every composer loved it. Wagner wrote how jealous he was that Schumann had done it and he’d stolen this subject that he wanted to do and how extraordinary it was... It was a playground for composers and the piece was extraordinary.’
Based on an episode from Thomas Moore’s epic poem Lalla Rookh, itself inspired by exotic, colourful tales taken from Persian mythology, Das Paradies und die Peri reflects the 19th-century craze for all thing Oriental. Completed in 1843, Schumann’s ’secular oratorio’ tells how the Peri, a legendary creature, was expelled from paradise and follows her quest to redeem herself by giving the gift that is most dear to heaven.
Writing about the work in a letter to a friend, Schumann said, ’at the moment I’m involved in a large project, the largest I’ve yet undertaken - it’s not an opera - I believe it’s well-nigh a new genre for the concert hall.’ Conceived in three beautifully sequenced parts, it is unlike any oratorio of Schumann’s day. Sustained melodic invention is clear throughout, with Peri’s high C in the final forming a deftly timed climax.
Soprano Sally Matthews gives a soaring performance as the Peri, showcasing Schumann’s imaginative and emotive vocal writing, while there are also superb supporting performances from Mark Padmore, Kate Royal, Andrew Staples and Florian Boesch.
Please login to post a review
Reviews
"...The recording (given in both SACD and Blu-ray format) manages to capture the detail of the score with an engaging sense of space, and so this LSO Live issue is an eloquent introduction to a delectable rarity."
Curtis Rogers - ClassicalSource.com - February 2016
Nominee for 2016 ICMA (International Clasical Music Awards) - Choral category
Nominee for 2016 ICMA
***/**** (Good/Excellent Album)
Nicola Cattò - Musica magazine (Italy) - December 2015-January 2016
Michael Scott Rohan - BBC Music magazine - January 2016
"... What a delightful piece this is! " *****
Guy Weatherall - Classical Music magazine - December 2015
*** (GoodAlbum) ***(Good Sound)
André Tubeuf - Classica magazine (France) - December 2015/January 2016
"... this is a very good recording which, by force, dynamism and sensibility, does entirely justice to this wonderful romantic work." *****
pizzicato.lu - 30 October 2015
Media Downloads
Whenever possible we provide a high resolution CD cover image and a PDF version of the CD booklet for you to download and keep. These are found in your history if purchased and once you have logged in.