BBC Proms 2017 Prom 46 - Schoenberg - Gurrelieder (320kbps mp3)

Live from BBC Proms: Sir Simon Rattle conducts Schoenberg's Gurrelieder, with the London Symphony Orchestra.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Presented by Martin Handley

00. Introductory commentary
01. Schoenberg - Gurrelieder, part I
02. Schoenberg - Gurrelieder, parts II & III
03. Proms Extra - Gurrelieder
Tom Service talks to musicologist Julian Johnson about Schoenberg's Gurrelieder. An edited version of the talk given before tonight's Prom.


Tove: Eva-Maria Westbroek (soprano)
Waldemar: Simon O'Neill (tenor)
Wood-Dove: Karen Cargill (mezzo)
Klaus the Fool: Peter Hoare (tenor)
Peasant: Christopher Purves (bass-baritone)
Speaker: Thomas Quasthoff
CBSO Chorus
Orfeó Català
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor

Gurrelieder is Schoenberg's Tristan and Isolde, an opulent, late-Romantic giant. The LSO and Sir Simon Rattle are joined by an outstanding line-up of soloists, including soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and tenor Simon O'Neill as lovers Tove and Waldemar.

Broadcast: 19 August 2017