Part songs (6) for men's voices, Op. 33: Der träumende See
Tief im blauen Traum, five intermezzi for men's chorus & percussion (after Schumann's Sechs Liedern, Op. 33): Intermezzo 1
Part songs (6) for men's voices, Op. 33: Die Minnesänger
Tief im blauen Traum, five intermezzi for men's chorus & percussion (after Schumann's Sechs Liedern, Op. 33): Intermezzo 2
Part songs (6) for men's voices, Op. 33: Die Lotosblume
Tief im blauen Traum, five intermezzi for men's chorus & percussion (after Schumann's Sechs Liedern, Op. 33): Intermezzo 3
Part songs (6) for men's voices, Op. 33: Der Zecher als Doktrinär
Tief im blauen Traum, five intermezzi for men's chorus & percussion (after Schumann's Sechs Liedern, Op. 33): Intermezzo 4
Part songs (6) for men's voices, Op. 33: Rastlose Liebe
Tief im blauen Traum, five intermezzi for men's chorus & percussion (after Schumann's Sechs Liedern, Op. 33): Intermezzo 5
Part songs (6) for men's voices, Op. 33: Frühlingsglocken
Fluchtpunkte eines Jägers, six pieces for baritone/countertenor, men's chorus, oboe, English horn & horn (after Schumann's Jagdlieder: Fluchtpunkte eines Jägers - 1
Jagdlieder (5), part songs for male voices & 4 horns (Laube), Op. 137: Zur hohen Jagd
Fluchtpunkte eines Jägers, six pieces for baritone/countertenor, men's chorus, oboe, English horn & horn (after Schumann's Jagdlieder: Fluchtpunkte eines Jägers - 2
Jagdlieder (5), part songs for male voices & 4 horns (Laube), Op. 137: Habet acht
Fluchtpunkte eines Jägers, six pieces for baritone/countertenor, men's chorus, oboe, English horn & horn (after Schumann's Jagdlieder: Fluchtpunkte eines Jägers - 3
Jagdlieder (5), part songs for male voices & 4 horns (Laube), Op. 137: Jagdmorgen
Fluchtpunkte eines Jägers, six pieces for baritone/countertenor, men's chorus, oboe, English horn & horn (after Schumann's Jagdlieder: Fluchtpunkte eines Jägers - 4
Jagdlieder (5), part songs for male voices & 4 horns (Laube), Op. 137: Frühe
Fluchtpunkte eines Jägers, six pieces for baritone/countertenor, men's chorus, oboe, English horn & horn (after Schumann's Jagdlieder: Fluchtpunkte eines Jägers - 5
Jagdlieder (5), part songs for male voices & 4 horns (Laube), Op. 137: Bei der Flasche
Fluchtpunkte eines Jägers, six pieces for baritone/countertenor, men's chorus, oboe, English horn & horn (after Schumann's Jagdlieder: Fluchtpunkte eines Jägers - 6
Just as the idea of contributing something new to preexisting material has risen in importance in the grammar of popular music, so too classical composers have revived the idea of composing new music on top of, or among the sections of, preexisting works. Whether these trends will last remains to be seen, but this German disc provides a nice introduction to what's happening, with two dramatically different uses of the trope idea. The contrast is sharpened inasmuch as the two composers involved begin with similar Schumann ...
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Just as the idea of contributing something new to preexisting material has risen in importance in the grammar of popular music, so too classical composers have revived the idea of composing new music on top of, or among the sections of, preexisting works. Whether these trends will last remains to be seen, but this German disc provides a nice introduction to what's happening, with two dramatically different uses of the trope idea. The contrast is sharpened inasmuch as the two composers involved begin with similar Schumann works, sets of pieces for male chorus. These are not well-known works, and, as annotator Holger Schneider points out in a rather involved botanical metaphor, they come down to us as part of a genre not much valued these days. The two modern works take up aspects of the male-chorus legacy. Each alternates a Schumann song with a new piece. Uwe Kremp's ...tief im blauen traum... (the title, "deep in the blue dream," comes from a line in one of Schumann's songs) begins with Schumann and...
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