Roland Hermann, the baritone on this recording, was a member of the Zurich Opera House ensemble for over 30 years and premiered works by many contemporary composers.
Performer Biography
Michael Gielen, the conductor, began his musical career as a répétiteur at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and later became a conductor at the Vienna State Opera.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Zemlinsky's unique musical style combines an expanded tonality with expressive, unconventional, yet never nervous melodies.
Composition History
Zemlinsky announced his Lyric Symphony to his publisher by saying he had written "something like" Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde.
Performer Biography
Karan Armstrong, the soprano on this recording, was originally trained as a pianist before becoming an opera singer.
Compositional Technique
Franz Schreker, a composer featured on this album, described himself as a "sound artist, a phantasmagorist of sound, a sound-aesthete," with little emphasis on melody.
Composer Biography
Alexander Zemlinsky's most successful period was the twelve years he spent in Prague, starting in 1911, where he was the musical director of the New German Theater.
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