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The Music => Recordings & Broadcasts => Topic started by: Alan Howe on Thursday 14 August 2025, 20:56

Title: Jan van Gilse: Sulamith & Der Kreis des Lebens
Post by: Alan Howe on Thursday 14 August 2025, 20:56
Two cantatas: Sulamith (1901-2) and Der Kreis des Lebens (1928-9), forthcoming from cpo:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9801947--jan-van-gilse-sulamith-der-kreis-des-lebens
Title: Re: Jan van Gilse: Sulamith & Der Kreis des Lebens
Post by: Ilja on Thursday 21 August 2025, 19:12
An interesting coupling, combining the fairly early Sulamith (1902) towards Der Kreis (1929), and showing a progression from a clearly Mahler- and Strauss-influenced Germanic style towards a more individual and French-oriented (think Ravel's Daphnis et Chloë, with perhaps some slightly Regerian flourishes) idiom that is reminiscent of his later opera Thijl. I have the recording of Der Kreis and can offer a warm recommendation.
Title: Re: Jan van Gilse: Sulamith & Der Kreis des Lebens
Post by: Ilja on Monday 29 September 2025, 10:31
This recording has now been released, and it can also be heard on streaming platforms (at least on Presto and Spotify) and on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSPszMR7NNo&pp=ygUaTmF4b3MgRGlnaXRhbCBTZXJ2aWNlcyBjcG8%3D).
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