Groot Omroepkoor, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Stanislav Kochanovsky - Gilse: Sulamith & Der Kreis des Lebens (2025) [24/44]

When Jan van Gilse completed his studies in Cologne in 1902, he devoted himself to a dramatic scene based on the prose poem "Sulamith" by Prince Erich von Schönaich-Carolath, in which Satan recognizes that there is still love on earth despite his machinations, in addition to his prize-winning first symphony. Judging by the impressive music, this must have been the innermost conviction of the composer, who never found it easy in his life to bridge the gap between his German education and the prevailing taste of his fellow countrymen: Combative and vulnerable, quick-tempered and desperate, he strove for a truth that few heard - a maverick even when, in 1929, he wrote the poignant "Circle of Life" after Rainer Maria Rilke, which had had to wait around a hundred years for its adequate performance and deserved recognition. Now he has arrived.

Tracklist:
01 Sulamith (Live)
02 Der Kreis des Lebens_ No. 1, Das ist die Sehnsucht (Live)
03 Der Kreis des Lebens_ No. 2, Unsere Träume sind Marmorhermen (Live)
04 Der Kreis des Lebens_ No. 3, Herr, es ist Zeit (Live)
05 Der Kreis des Lebens_ No. 4, Der Tod ist groß (Live)


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