IDAGIO | R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche - Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau 3760014192364

Featuring

Emmanuel Krivine
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Richard Strauss
Alexander von Zemlinsky

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Composition History

Zemlinsky's Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid) and Schoenberg's Pelleas und Melisande were both inspired by a Richard Strauss concert and premiered together on January 25, 1905.

Composer Biography

Alexander Zemlinsky, born in 1871, came from a cultivated Jewish family in Vienna and studied at the Conservatory with Robert Fuchs, a leading teacher of the day.

Recording & Production

This recording of Zemlinsky and Strauss concludes Emmanuel Krivine's series of recordings with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg (OPL).

Critical Reception

At its premiere, Zemlinsky's Die Seejungfrau was an immediate success, while his friend Schoenberg's Pelleas exasperated the audience.

Composition History

Zemlinsky's Die Seejungfrau was long forgotten and declared lost, with its parts only rediscovered in 1976 and 1984, leading to a definitive critical edition in 2013.

Composition History

Richard Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel was originally intended for the stage but was ultimately made into a symphonic poem for orchestra, premiered in Cologne in 1895.