Hindemith: Nusch-Nuschi-Tänze / Sancta Susanna / Symphony, "Mathis der Maler"
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PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Nusch-Nuschi-Tänze / Sancta Susanna / Symphony, "Mathis der Maler"
Ausrine Stundyte (soprano) Anette Schönmüller (mezzo) / Wiener Singakademie, women section, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 19 November 2021
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Paul Hindemith's life was dominated by the events of the two world wars. In 1917, his discovery of contemporary Expressionist poetry and drama transformed him from a talented student to Germany's leading new composer. His one-act operas Sancta Susanna and Das Nusch-Nuschi date from this period. Sancta Susanna - Hindemith's first masterpiece - combines religious and erotic symbolism into an eerie narrative that was shocking for its time, whereas the dance suite from Das Nusch-Nuschi emphasises the plot's origin as a Burmese comedy. The three symphonic movements from the opera Mathis der Maler refer to the three panels of the Isenheim Altarpiece by Renaissance painter Matthias Grünewald, but also graphically reflect Hindemith's own artistic struggles in Nazi Germany.
"Alsop's reading is full of colour and beautiful pacing, and while the Vienna orchestra may not have quite the polish or well-rounded sound of their Swiss and American counterparts, the slightly raw edge of their strings gives a very welcome bite to the overall sound. And the brass players lack for nothing when it comes to that magnificent brass chorale postlude to the Symphony's last movement." MusicWeb Recommended January 2022
Tracks:
Nusch-Nuschi-Tänze
Sancta Susanna, Op. 21
Symphony, "Mathis der Maler"
