Wolf: Prometheus (orchesterlieder)

Juliane Banse, soprano; Dietrich Henschel, baryton; Rundfunkchor Berlin; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, dir. Kent Nagano

Hugo Wolf: Lieder avec orchestre sur des poèmes Mörike, Goethe, Spanisches Liederbuch; Der Feuerreiter

The more experience Hugo Wolf gained, the more the urge to compose for the orchestra and the opera became pressing, even painful. By orchestrating his lieder, he was albe to alleviate his unsatisfied desire to explore the full palette of colours in his accompaniments. These extraodinarily skilful arrangements (just listen to the version for chorus and orchestra of Der Feuerreiter!) had an extremely beneficial effect on his international reputation.

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