"Just heard your wonderful Sinfonietta: hope it is the beginning of your American success," wrote Arnold SchÃ¶nberg to Zemlinsky. But Zemlinsky suffered a stroke and died some days later on, lonely in New York. In his Sinfonietta op. 24 (1934) he used again a short theme from the last song of his Maeterlinck-Songs, Op. 13 (1913): "Wohin gehst Du?" (Where are you going?) It's a theme of 'self-doubts' and 'Farewell' when Zemlinsky noticed very carefully the more and more stronger restrictions against the Judaism in Vienna. The Maeterlinck-Songs are "the center of his productivity" (Adorno), and abduct the listeners in a mystic world about life, evanescence and death.

Tracklist:

Sinfonietta, Op. 23: I. Sehr Lebhaft
Sinfonietta, Op. 23: II. Ballade. Sehr Gemessen
Sinfonietta, Op. 23: III. Rondo. Sehr Lebhaft
6 Songs After Poems By Maeterlinck, Op. 13, Book 1 (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 1, Die Drei Schwestern
6 Songs After Poems By Maeterlinck, Op. 13, Book 1 (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 2, Die Mädchen Mit Den Verbunde
6 Songs After Poems By Maeterlinck, Op. 13, Book 1 (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 3, Lied Der Jungfrau
6 Songs After Poems By Maeterlinck, Op. 13, Book 1 (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 4, Als Ihr Geliebter Schied
6 Songs After Poems By Maeterlinck, Op. 13, Book 2 (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 5, Und Kehrt Er Einst Heim
6 Songs After Poems By Maeterlinck, Op. 13, Book 2 (Version For Voice & Orchestra): No. 6, Sie Kam Zum Schloß Gegangen
Der König Kandaules, Op. 26 (Excerpts): Prelude To Act III
Der König Kandaules, Op. 26 (Excerpts): Mein Ring

UPC: 845221053776
Label: Capriccio
Release Date: 4.3.20
Format: CD

Zemlinsky / Lang / Albrecht - Sinfonietta 23 (CD)