Magdaléna Hajóssyová, Marga Schiml, Eberhard Büchner, Hermann Christian Polster
Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Rundfunk‐Sinfonie‐Orchester Leipzig, Wolf‐Dieter Hauschild
Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri is a highly original form of a dramatic cantata for soloists, choir and orchestra, based on a tale from Lalla Rookh by Thomas Moore. The Peri is a creature from Persian Mythology. Expelled from Paradise the Peri tries to regain entrance by giving the gift that is most dear to heaven, the tear from the cheek of a repentant old sinner who has seen a child crying.
Schumann had great success with this large scale dramatic work, which has a continuous flow of music, without recitatives and arias. No wonder Wagner liked it greatly.
This recording from 1981 features the best vocal soloists of the former DDR, the Leipzig Rundfunk‐Sinfonie‐Orchester and conductor Wolf‐Dieter Hauschild: another treasure from the archives of Berlin Classics!
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