Schreker: Der Ferne Klang / Kaftan
Label: ARS Productions Catalog: ARS38080 Format: SACD / CD Hybrid Mathias Schulz, Fritz - Sally Du Randt, Grete - Stephen Owen, Dr. Vigelius - et al.; Choir & Orchestra of Augsburg Theatre; Dirk Kaftan, directionFranz Schreker (1878-1934) Franz Schreker (1878-1934) is one of the many late romantic German and Austrian composers who became victims of the Nazi purge on "degenerate art". Schreker came in for abuse mostly because of some Jewish roots in his family and a penchant for lurid subject matter in his most famous operas. Musically, his operas are no more radical than Strauss' Elektra. But whereas Strauss retreated into a sort of polite neo-classicism tinged with Wagner in his later years, Schreker stayed a basically late-romantic expressionist and this expressionist aspect doomed his music. Price: $54.98 |