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Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Simon Halsey and Sir Simon Rattle

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In this concert, recorded live at the beginning of 2015, Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra – which is, here, reduced to an almost chamber-esque size; far removed from that usually required for a Mahler performance – performed a rendition of Schumann’s oratorio ‘Le Paradis et la Péri’, an 1843 work that has rarely been given public airings. It is, at least, rarely recorded. The piece requires both an orchestra (and soloists) with a strong dose of modesty: no effect sleeves are necessary, no harmonic or melodic Orientalism, despite the Persian origin of the subject matter. There is also to be no virtuoso vocalizing, nothing but a subtle and soft playing style, the vocal and choral performance lasting an hour and a half. Amongst the soloists who share dozens of roles, including regulars of the Rattlian sphere, are Bernarda Fink, Mark Padmore – whose assumption of the role of poet-bard narrator as romantic evangelist is superb – Kate Royal too… The choir, which is given a prominent place, is lavish here, coming courtesy of the London Symphony Chorus. Rattle knows how to highlight the beauties of the partition; he does not go with the heaviness that we usually characterize as Germanic, but rather approaches it, rightly, as an orchestral song. © SM/Qobuz

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1
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Erster Teil: No. 1 Vor Edens Tor im Morgenprangen
00:03:56

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Bernarda Fink, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

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Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Erster Teil: No. 2 Wie glücklich sie wandeln
00:02:14

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sally Matthews, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

3
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Erster Teil: No. 3 Rezitativ - Der hehre Engel, der die Pforte
00:01:45

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mark Padmore, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernarda Fink, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

4
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Erster Teil: No. 4 Wo find ich sie?
00:02:22

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sally Matthews, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

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Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Erster Teil: No. 5 So sann sie nach
00:01:03

Andrew Staples, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Kate Royal, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Padmore, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernarda Fink, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Florian Boesch, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

6
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Erster Teil: No. 6 Doch seine Ströme sind jetzt rot
00:02:41

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Simon Halsey, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Chorus, Ensemble, MainArtist - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

7
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Erster Teil: No. 7 Und einsam steht ein Jüngling
00:02:06

Andrew Staples, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Simon Halsey, Conductor, MainArtist - Mark Padmore, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Symphony Chorus, Ensemble, MainArtist - Florian Boesch, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

8
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Erster Teil: No. 8 Weh, weh, er fehlte das Ziel
00:01:52

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Simon Halsey, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Chorus, Ensemble, MainArtist - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

9
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Erster Teil: No. 9 Die Peri sah das Mal der Wunde
00:06:16

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Simon Halsey, Conductor, MainArtist - Kate Royal, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Padmore, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sally Matthews, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Symphony Chorus, Ensemble, MainArtist - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

10
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Zweiter Teil: No. 10 Die Peri tritt mit schüchterner Gebärde
00:02:46

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Simon Halsey, Conductor, MainArtist - Mark Padmore, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernarda Fink, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Symphony Chorus, Ensemble, MainArtist - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

11
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Zweiter Teil: No. 11 Ihr erstes Himmelshoffen schwand
00:03:27

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Simon Halsey, Conductor, MainArtist - Mark Padmore, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sally Matthews, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Symphony Chorus, Ensemble, MainArtist - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

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Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Zweiter Teil: No. 12 Fort streift von hier das Kind der Lüfte
00:03:39

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mark Padmore, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sally Matthews, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

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Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Zweiter Teil: No. 13 Die Peri weint
00:02:25

Andrew Staples, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Kate Royal, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Padmore, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernarda Fink, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Florian Boesch, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

14
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Zweiter Teil: No. 14 Im Waldesgrün am stillen See
00:02:55

Andrew Staples, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Bernarda Fink, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

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Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Zweiter Teil: No. 15 Verlassener Jüngling
00:03:36

Andrew Staples, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mark Padmore, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernarda Fink, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

16
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Zweiter Teil: No. 16 O lass mich von der Luft durchdringen
00:04:21

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Kate Royal, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Padmore, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

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Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Zweiter Teil: No. 17 Schlaf nun und ruhe in Träumen voll Duft
00:03:55

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Simon Halsey, Conductor, MainArtist - Sally Matthews, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Symphony Chorus, Ensemble, MainArtist - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

DISC 2

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Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Dritter Teil: No. 18 Schmücket die Stufen zu Allahs Thron
00:02:54

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Simon Halsey, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Chorus, Ensemble, MainArtist - Soloists from Guildhall School (Quartet), MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

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Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Dritter Teil: No. 19 Dem Sang von ferne lauschend
00:02:54

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mark Padmore, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernarda Fink, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

3
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Dritter Teil: No. 20 Verstossen! Verschlossen aufs neu
00:04:05

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sally Matthews, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

4
Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Dritter Teil: No. 21 Jetzt sank des Abends goldner Schein
00:04:05

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Florian Boesch, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

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Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Dritter Teil: No. 22 Und wie sie niederwärts sich schwingt
00:03:14

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mark Padmore, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Florian Boesch, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Soloists from Guildhall School (Quartet), MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

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Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Dritter Teil: No. 23 Hinab zu jenem Sonnentempel
00:05:40

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mark Padmore, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernarda Fink, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sally Matthews, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Florian Boesch, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

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Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Dritter Teil: No. 24 O heilge Tränen innger Reue
00:02:25

Andrew Staples, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Simon Halsey, Conductor, MainArtist - Kate Royal, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernarda Fink, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Symphony Chorus, Ensemble, MainArtist - Florian Boesch, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

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Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Dritter Teil: No. 25 Es fällt ein Tropfen
00:05:24

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Simon Halsey, Conductor, MainArtist - Mark Padmore, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sally Matthews, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Symphony Chorus, Ensemble, MainArtist - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

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Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Dritter Teil: No. 26 Freud, ewge Freude, mein Werk ist getan
00:05:50

Robert Schumann, Composer - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Simon Halsey, Conductor, MainArtist - Sally Matthews, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Symphony Chorus, Ensemble, MainArtist - Public Domain UK, MusicPublisher

London Symphony Orchestra Ltd London Symphony Orchestra Ltd

Album review

In this concert, recorded live at the beginning of 2015, Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra – which is, here, reduced to an almost chamber-esque size; far removed from that usually required for a Mahler performance – performed a rendition of Schumann’s oratorio ‘Le Paradis et la Péri’, an 1843 work that has rarely been given public airings. It is, at least, rarely recorded. The piece requires both an orchestra (and soloists) with a strong dose of modesty: no effect sleeves are necessary, no harmonic or melodic Orientalism, despite the Persian origin of the subject matter. There is also to be no virtuoso vocalizing, nothing but a subtle and soft playing style, the vocal and choral performance lasting an hour and a half. Amongst the soloists who share dozens of roles, including regulars of the Rattlian sphere, are Bernarda Fink, Mark Padmore – whose assumption of the role of poet-bard narrator as romantic evangelist is superb – Kate Royal too… The choir, which is given a prominent place, is lavish here, coming courtesy of the London Symphony Chorus. Rattle knows how to highlight the beauties of the partition; he does not go with the heaviness that we usually characterize as Germanic, but rather approaches it, rightly, as an orchestral song. © SM/Qobuz

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