AGP62.
WOLFGANG RIHM
Transcription of Wolfgang Rihm's opera "Jakob Lenz", from a 2LP release on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi. Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz was a poet, playright, and friend of Goethe's, who experienced a psychotic breakdown starting in 1777. The year before, he wrote the play "Die Soldaten" that was the inspiration for Bernd Alois Zimmermann's opera of the same name, the concert suite from which was featured in AGP10.
Rihm's opera is scored for chamber orchestra, voices, and chorus, and has a correspondingly spare sound. The instrumentation and vocal techniques beautifully express the emotional tumult experienced by the poet during the emergence of his madness. "Jakob Lenz" was Rihm's second opera, composed when he was just 26 years old. Rihm has since become one of the most popular avant-garde composers in Germany, with many works currently available on CD. "Jakob Lenz", however appears still to be out of print.
- Jakob Lenz, scenes 1-5 [20:17]
- Jakob Lenz, scenes 6-7 [19:49]
- Jakob Lenz, scenes 8-11 [14:28]
- Jakob Lenz, scenes 12-end [16:41]
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