Kirill Petrenko presents two key works of the 20th century: with Kammersinfonie Nr. 1, Arnold Schoenberg initiated a turning point in his oeuvre, away from the full sound of late Romanticism and towards a modern, sinewy musical language. The expressive power that this can generate is also shown in his unfinished oratorio Die Jakobsleiter, for which Schoenberg was inspired by an Old Testament story: Jacob’s dream of the ladder to heaven that leads to God is taken by the composer as a parable for man’s search for spirituality.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko conductor
Wolfgang Koch baritone
Daniel Behle tenor
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke tenor
Johannes Martin Kränzle baritone
Gyula Orendt baritone
Nicola Beller Carbone soprano
Liv Redpath soprano
Jasmin Delfs soprano
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Arnold Schoenberg
Chamber Symphony No. 1, op. 9
Arnold Schoenberg
Die Jakobsleiter (Jacob's Ladder), Oratorio
Wolfgang Koch baritone, Daniel Behle tenor, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke tenor, Johannes Martin Kränzle baritone, Gyula Orendt baritone, Nicola Beller Carbone soprano, Liv Redpath soprano, Jasmin Delfs soprano, Rundfunkchor Berlin choir
