Enescu: Strigoii (Ghosts)
Rodica Vica (Die Königin), Tiberius Simu (Arold), Bogdan Baciu (Der Magus), Alin Anca (Der Erzähler)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Gabriel Bebeșelea
Stylistically, Enescu’s writing seems closely related to Debussy, Bartók and even Schoenberg, frequently inhabiting a half-way house between the hyper-romanticism of his Third Symphony and the...
Enescu: Strigoii (Ghosts)
Rodica Vica (Die Königin), Tiberius Simu (Arold), Bogdan Baciu (Der Magus), Alin Anca (Der Erzähler)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Gabriel Bebeșelea
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Stylistically, Enescu’s writing seems closely related to Debussy, Bartók and even Schoenberg, frequently inhabiting a half-way house between the hyper-romanticism of his Third Symphony and the...
About
Strigoii remained a forgotten work until the manuscript, lost like many others in the turmoil of the First World War, was returned to the public domain by the director of the Enescu Museum. In order to understand how Strigoii was created, it was necessary to both decipher and then reconstruct the original score. When Enescu began Strigoii in 1916, it was the result of a long-held admiration for the poet Mihai Eminescu that was to last until the end of the composer’s life. While there are similarities to German Romanticism in Eminescu’s poem (think of Novalis or Tieck), in Strigoii Enescu also shows stylistic affinities to contemporaries such as Alexander von Zemlinsky and the young Alban Berg.
Contents and tracklist
- Bogdan Baciu (baritone), Rodica Vica (soprano), Alin Anca (narrator), Tiberius Simu (tenor)
- Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Gabriel Bebeşelea
- Recorded: 11-14 December 2017
- Recording Venue: RBB Sendesaal, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Gabriel Bebeşelea
Awards and reviews
Christmas Issue 2018
Stylistically, Enescu’s writing seems closely related to Debussy, Bartók and even Schoenberg, frequently inhabiting a half-way house between the hyper-romanticism of his Third Symphony and the more austere archaic idiom of his operatic masterpiece, Oedipe.
November 2018
While intensely atmospheric (conductor Gabriel Bebeşelea manages both tension and texture extremely well), Strigoii feels unbalanced; there’s not much contrast over its oppressively dour 45-minute span. The soloists are all Romanian and they sing (and for large stretches, speak) Eminescu’s words with real relish…If you’re already an Enescu fan, you needn’t hesitate.
November 2018
An important release containing two premiere recordings.
