Schoenberg/Fauré: Pelléas Et Mélisande

No fewer than four major composers ― Fauré, Debussy, Schoenberg and Sibelius ― were inspired by Maurice Maeterlink’s play Pelléas et Mélisande (1892). Given that we celebrate anniversaries of Fauré and Schoenberg in 2024, Paavo Järvi here offers his reading of their settings of Pelléas et Mélisande with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, whose Music Director he was for almost ten years. Debussy was so much involved with his own operatic setting of Pelléas et Mélisande that the famous English actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell turned to Gabriel Fauré to write incidental music for the play; this music then became an orchestral suite in four movements that is considered to be Fauré’s symphonic masterpiece. Schoenberg followed advice given by his much-admired role model Richard Strauss in 1902 and composed his own symphonic poem based on Pelléas et Mélisande. Its complex combinations of musical motifs and the rich fabric of the large-scale orchestra not only captivate us but also reveal his own vision of this archaic and yet universal story.

1: I. Die Achtel Ein Wenig Bewegt - Zögernd
2: II. Heftig
3: III. Lebhaft
4: IV. Sehr Rasch
5: V. Ein Wenig Bewegt
6: VI. Langsam
7: VII. Ein Wenig Bewegter
8: VIII. Sehr Langsam
9: IX. Etwas Bewegt
10: X. In Gehender Bewegung
11: XI. Breit
12: I. Prélude. Quasi Adagio
13: II. Fileuse. Andantino Quasi Allegretto
14: III. Sicilienne. Allegretto Molto Moderato
15: IV. La Mort De Mélisande. Molto Adagio

Composer: Gabriel Faure, Arnold Schoenberg

Conductor: Paavo Järvi

Number of Discs: 1

Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

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