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Viktor Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis/Hölderlin-Lieder
 
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Viktor Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis/Hölderlin-Lieder

~ Viktor Ullmann (Composer), Lothar Zagrosek (Conductor), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Orchestra), Jonathan Alder (Piano), Christiane Oelze (Soprano), et al.
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  • Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
  • Conductor: Lothar Zagrosek
  • Composer: Viktor Ullmann
  • Audio CD (15 Nov 1994)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Decca
  • ASIN: B000004230
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 243,856 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Hallo, halloFranz Mazura 2:20£0.79
Listen  2. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - PräludiumGewandhausorchester Leipzig 1:18£0.79
Listen  3. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Der Mond geht auf den FirstenHerbert Lippert 1:59£0.79
Listen  4. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Laß sein! Was singst du daWalter Berry 1:43£0.79
Listen  5. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Ich fühle mich wenig wohlHerbert Lippert 2:15£0.79
Listen  6. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Das waren KriegeWalter Berry 1:54£0.79
Listen  7. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Hallo, hallo! Achtung! Achtung!Iris Vermillion 5:06£0.79
Listen  8. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Intermezzo "Totentanz"Gewandhausorchester Leipzig 1:11£0.79
Listen  9. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Wie spät ist es - Bin ich wahnsinnigMichael Kraus 5:39£0.79
Listen10. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - IntermezzoGewandhausorchester Leipzig0:47£0.29
Listen11. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Wer da? Halt! Steh!Martin Petzold 2:15£0.79
Listen12. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Ist's wahr, daß es Landschaften gibtChristiane Oelze 1:13£0.79
Listen13. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Komm, fort von hierIris Vermillion 1:52£0.79
Listen14. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Schau, die WolkenMartin Petzold 1:20£0.79
Listen15. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Tanz - Intermezzo "Die lebenden Toten"Gewandhausorchester Leipzig 2:25£0.79
Listen16. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Wir sind um einen Kreutzer SüßesHerbert Lippert 4:02£0.79
Listen17. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Fünf, sechs, siebenMichael Kraus 1:03£0.79
Listen18. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Ich bin der TodWalter Berry 3:10£0.79
Listen19. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Von allem, was geschiehtMichael Kraus 5:30£0.79
Listen20. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Komm, Tod, du unser werter GastChristiane Oelze 2:46£0.79
Listen21. Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Der Krieg ist aus (alternative version 19 & 20)Michael Kraus 7:08Album Only
Listen22. Hölderlin Lieder - 1. AbendphantasieIris Vermillion 6:14£0.79
Listen23. Hölderlin Lieder - 2. Der FrühlingIris Vermillion 2:15£0.79
Listen24. Hölderlin Lieder - 3. Wo bist duIris Vermillion 1:50£0.79

On this CD:
  1. (Der) Kaiser von Atlantis, oder Die Tod-Verweigerung
    Composed by Viktor Ullmann
    Performed by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
    with Michael Kraus, Franz Mazura, Martin Petzold, Christiane Oelze, Walter Berry, Herbert Lippert, Iris Vermillion
    Conducted by Lothar Zagrosek

  2. Abendphantasie
    Composed by Viktor Ullmann
    with Iris Vermillion, Jonathan Alder

  3. (Der) Frühling
    Composed by Viktor Ullmann
    with Iris Vermillion, Jonathan Alder

  4. Wo bist du?
    Composed by Viktor Ullmann
    with Iris Vermillion, Jonathan Alder

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Amazon.co.uk Review
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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5.0 out of 5 stars superb twentieth century opera little known, 10 Jul 2003
By Alan Rosenfelder (edgware, middlesex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This opera was composed in the most appalling of circumstances in the Terezin concentration camp in the 1940's.It is both musicaly and dramaticaly of the highest quality.The plot concerns death going on strike and was recognized as a thinly veiled attack on Nazism and hence never performed during the composer's life time.The music is very strident with a lot of musical in references some of which i am still trying to decipher,the most obvious being a grotesquely distorted national anthem.The libretto by Peter Kien is a gem with real poetic underpinning which can be read in the accompanying sleave notes. As a non musician i cannot fault the playing or singing on this c.d.which seems highly commited .Ullmann is a rarely performed composer who can write quite biting phrases and concise melodies which are accessible and well worth the effort of getting to know.This c.d.will not dissapoint,highly recommended.
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