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transcription of Wolfgang Rihm's opera Jakob Lenz, from a 2LP release
on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi. Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz was a poet,
playright, and friend of Goethe's, who experienced a psychotic
breakdown starting in 1777. The year before, he wrote the play Die
Soldaten that was the inspiration for Bernd Alois Zimmermann's opera of
the same name, the concert suite from which was featured in AGP10. Rihm's opera is scored for chamber orchestra, voices, and chorus, and has a correspondingly spare sound. The instrumentation and vocal techniques beautifully express the emotional tumult experienced by the poet during the emergence of his madness. Jakob Lenz was Rihm's second opera, composed when he was just 26 years old. Rihm has since become one of the most popular avant-garde composers in Germany, with many works currently available on CD. Jakob Lenz, however appears still to be out of print. The installment includes a PDF file containing the English-language liner notes from the original LP release, including a facsimile of the libretto with what appear to be corrections in Rihm's own hand. The first three pages of this file contain notes from another LP, including an account of Rihm's career and notes on a work that was originally to be included in AGP61 until I located a currently-available version on CD. To download
AGP62 files, right-click on each of the following links and select SAVE
LINK AS. 01 - Jakob Lenz, scenes 1-5 [20:17] 02 - Jakob Lenz, scenes 6-7 [19:49] 03 - Jakob Lenz, scenes 8-11 [14:28] 04 - Jakob Lenz, scenes 12-end [16:41] Liner notes from LP |
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