Gramophone Magazine
June 2023
Editor's Choice

Chen Reiss (soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone)
Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Christoph Eschenbach

Schreker: Nachtstück from 'Der ferne Klang'
Schreker: Valse lente
Schreker: Chamber Symphony
Schreker: Zwei Lyrische Gesänge (Walt Whitman)
Schreker: Fünf Gesänge
Schreker: Little Suite for Chamber Orchestra
Schreker: Romantic Suite, Op. 14

Christoph Eschenbach conducts this generous survey of the sumptuous, hyper-Romantic music of Austrian composer Franz Schreker. Not only was he the pre-eminent opera composer of his generation, he also, says Eschenbach, “took Mahler’s symphonic writing to a whole new level”. The album includes the ecstatic “Nachtstück” from Der ferne Klang, the exquisite Chamber Symphony and some ravishing orchestral songs, featuring Chen Reiss and Matthias Goerne.

"The playing of the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra under Christoph Eschenbach is both meticulously prepared and wonderfully idiomatic." - Gramophone Magazine, June 2023.