Viktor Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis/Hölderlin-Lieder

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Ullmann's opera has got to be one of the most terrifying and moving works in the history of the form. It was composed in 1943 in the Theresienstadt concentration camp, though never performed there. That the music survived at all is something of a miracle, as Ullmann himself was later taken to Auschwitz and gassed. The story is an allegory: the emperor (a thinly disguised parody of Hitler) decides to wage total war, and so offends Death by seeming to take over his job that Death goes on strike, and people everywhere stop dying. Death only agrees to go back to work when the emperor permits himself to be the first victim. Although only about three quarters of an hour long, the music makes a terrific impact, and this gutsy performance pulls no punches. --David Hurwitz

Viktor Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis/Hölderlin-Lieder,Viktor Ullmann,Lothar Zagrosek,Gewandhausorchester Leipzig,Jonathan Alder,Christiane Oelze,Franz Mazura,Herbert Lippert,Iris Vermillion,Martin Petzold,Michael Kraus,Walter Berry,Polygram Records,20th/21st Century Music for Voice and Keyboard,20th/21st Century Opera,Classical,Classical Music,Opera,Vocal

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Viktor Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis/Hölderlin-Lieder Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Braunfels - Die Vogel / Kwon · Wodrich · M. Kraus · Gorne · Holzmaier · Zagrosek Ernst Krenek: Jonny spielt auf Wolpe: Zeus und Elida Op5a; Schöne Geschichten Op5b Tanz Grotesk (Dance Grotesques) Schreker: Die Gezeichneten ASIN: B000004230 Release Date: 1994-11-15

Tracks:

1. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Prologue: Hallo, hallo!
2. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 1: II Praludium
3. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 1: III Der Mond geht auf den Firsten (aria)
4. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 1: IV Lass sein. Was singst du da? -- Tage, Tage
5. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 1: V Ich fuhle mich wenig wohl
6. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 1: Das waren Kriege (aria)
7. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 1: VII Hallo, hallo! Achtung! Achtung!
8. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 2: VIII Intermezzo: Totentanz
9. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 2: IX Wie spat ist es? - Bin ich wahsinnig
10. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 2: X Intermezzo
11. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 3: XI Wer da? - Halt! Steh!
12. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 3: XII Ist's wahr, dass es Landschaften gibt (aria)
13. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 3: XIII Komm fort von hier
14. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 3: XIV Schau, die Golken
15. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 3: XV Tanz-Intermezzo: Die lebenden Toten
16. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 4: XVI Wir sind um einen Kreuzer Susses
17. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 4: XVII Funf, sechs, sieben - Nicht dran denken
18. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 4: XVIII Ich bin der Tod
19. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 4: XIX Von allem, was geschieht
20. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 4: XX Komm Tod, du unser werter Gast (Finale)
21. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Scene 4: XX Der Krieg ist aus! - Komm Tod
22. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Holderlin-Lieder: Abendphantasie
23. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Holderlin-Lieder: Der Fruhling
24. The Kaiser Von Atlantis: Holderlin-Lieder: Wo bist du?

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Ullmann's opera has got to be one of the most terrifying and moving works in the history of the form. It was composed in 1943 in the Theresienstadt concentration camp, though never performed there. That the music survived at all is something of a miracle, as Ullmann himself was later taken to Auschwitz and gassed. The story is an allegory: the emperor (a thinly disguised parody of Hitler) decides to wage total war, and so offends Death by seeming to take over his job that Death goes on strike, and people everywhere stop dying. Death only agrees to go back to work when the emperor permits himself to be the first victim. Although only about three quarters of an hour long, the music makes a terrific impact, and this gutsy performance pulls no punches. --David Hurwitz

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