Hans Erich [Hans] Pfitzner (05/05/1869 - 22/05/1949) was a German composer and self-described anti-modernist. His best known work is the post-Romantic opera Palestrina, loosely based on the life of the great sixteenth-century composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
Das dunkle Reich
| Period: | Expressionism |
| Composed in: | 1930 |
| Musical form: | free |
| Text/libretto: | Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825-98), Richard Dehmel (1863-1920), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), and Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) |
| Duration: | 37'10 |
| In memory of: | the composers wife |
| Label(s): | CPO CD 999158-2 |
Das dunkle Reich contains:
01. Chorus of the Dead
02. Reaper’s Song (= Chorus of the Living)
03. The Dance of Life
04. Choral Adage (poem by Richard Dehmel)
05. Gretchen at the Shrine of our Lady of Sorrows
06. Fugato and Chorus (poem by Michelangelo)
07. Departure in the Light
08. Chorus of the Dead
| Source: | booklet of cd CPO 158-2 |
♫ 01. Chorus of the Dead
© CPO 158-2
♫ 02. Reaper’s Song (= Chorus of the Living)
© CPO 158-2
♫ 03. The Dance of Life
© CPO 158-2
♫ 04. Choral Adage (poem by Richard Dehmel)
© CPO 158-2
♫ 05. Gretchen at the Shrine of our Lady of Sorrows
© CPO 158-2
♫ 06. Fugato and Chorus (poem by Michelangelo)
© CPO 158-2
♫ 07. Departure in the Light
© CPO 158-2
♫ 08. Chorus of the Dead
© CPO 158-2
Das dunkle Reich - ein literarisches Requiem- op. 38 (1929-1930) with texts from Michelangelo, Goethe, Meyer and Dehmel, Chorfantasie for Orchestra, Organ, Soprano and Bariton-Solo.
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Michelangelo
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J.W. von Goethe
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C.F. Meyer
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R.F.L. Dehmel
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