Wolpe: Zeus und Elida Op5a; Schöne Geschichten Op5b

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This disc, part of Decca's Entartete Musik series of composers suppressed by the Nazis, features Stefan Wolpe's political theater works of the 1920s, enabling a more complete picture of his artistic development. Zeus und Elida is a Dada-esque work that Wolpe accurately labeled a "musical grotesque." The story line has Zeus retiring to earth and obsessing over Elida, a whore. Things go frantically downhill from there, to music derived from dances ranging from the Charleston and tango to csárdás. Schoene Geschichten is a surrealistic chamber opera of seven brief vignettes, the text of some reading like Abbott and Costello routines. The disc's last work includes a ghostly choral chant, Stimmen aus dem Massengrab ("Voices from the Mass Grave"), a chilling augur of the coming horrors. --Dan Davis

Wolpe: Zeus und Elida Op5a; Schöne Geschichten Op5b, Music, Romain Bischof, Harry van der Kamp, Stefan Wolpe, Werner Herbers, Franziska Hirzel, Michael Kraus, Choral, Classical, Classical Music, German/Austrian 20th/21st Century Opera, Opera, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Secular Choral Music
Wolpe: Zeus und Elida Op5a; Schöne Geschichten Op5b
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    		Wolpe: Zeus und Elida Op5a; Schöne Geschichten Op5b

    Manufacturer: Polygram Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    Modern & 20th CenturyModern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    GermanGerman | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    ChorusesChoruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B00003ZA6B
    Release Date: 2000-03-14

    Tracks:

    1. Zeus und Elika, Op. 5a: Charleston
    2. Zeus und Elika, Op. 5a: Uberleitung
    3. Zeus und Elika, Op. 5a: Tango
    4. Zeus und Elika, Op. 5a: Boston
    5. Zeus und Elika, Op. 5a: Rezitativ I
    6. Zeus und Elika, Op. 5a: Uberleitung
    7. Zeus und Elika, Op. 5a: Foxtrott (jazz-duett)
    8. Zeus und Elika, Op. 5a: Rezitativ II
    9. Zeus und Elika, Op. 5a: Coda
    10. Zeus und Elika, Op. 5a: Konzert mit Variationen
    11. Zeus und Elika, Op. 5a: Uberleitung
    12. Zeus und Elika, Op. 5a: Blues (solo und duett mit chor)
    13. Zeus und Elika, Op. 5a: Fortsetzung
    14. Zeus und Elika, Op. 5a: Rezitativ III
    15. Zeus und Elika, Op. 5a: Csardas
    16. Zeus und Elika, Op. 5a: Stretta
    17. Zeus und Elika, Op. 5a: Coda (potpourri)
    18. Schone Geschichten, Op. 5b: Wissenschaft
    19. Schone Geschichten, Op. 5b: Religion oder die Geschichte von der Begegnung mit dem lieben Gott
    20. Schone Geschichten, Op. 5b: Recht oder die Geschichte vom Herrn Tannenbaum
    21. Schone Geschichten, Op. 5b: Bildung oder die Geschichte von der Balzac-Ausgabe
    22. Schone Geschichten, Op. 5b: Liebe oder die Geschichte vom Papier
    23. Schone Geschichten, Op. 5b: Philosophie (Gleichnis vom Leben)
    24. Schone Geschichten, Op. 5b: Patriotismus
    25. Blues - Stimmen aus dem Massengrab - Marsch: Blues
    26. Blues - Stimmen aus dem Massengrab - Marsch: Stimmen aus dem Massengrab
    27. Blues - Stimmen aus dem Massengrab - Marsch: Marsch

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    This disc, part of Decca's Entartete Musik series of composers suppressed by the Nazis, features Stefan Wolpe's political theater works of the 1920s, enabling a more complete picture of his artistic development. Zeus und Elida is a Dada-esque work that Wolpe accurately labeled a "musical grotesque." The story line has Zeus retiring to earth and obsessing over Elida, a whore. Things go frantically downhill from there, to music derived from dances ranging from the Charleston and tango to csárdás. Schoene Geschichten is a surrealistic chamber opera of seven brief vignettes, the text of some reading like Abbott and Costello routines. The disc's last work includes a ghostly choral chant, Stimmen aus dem Massengrab ("Voices from the Mass Grave"), a chilling augur of the coming horrors. --Dan Davis

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