Die Seejungfrau

Album by Alexander von Zemlinsky & Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin & Riccardo Chailly & Ernst‐Senff‐Chor

Die Seejungfrau is an orchestral tone poem by Austrian composer Alexander Zemlinsky, completed in 1903. The piece exemplifies Zemlinsky's late-Romantic idiom with lush orchestral colour, extended chromaticism and sweeping orchestral gestures influenced by Mahler and Wagner, and it represents an early orchestral statement in his career.
First released: 1987

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Die Seejungfrau: I. Sehr mäßig bewegt
    15:23
  2. 2.
    Die Seejungfrau: II. Sehr bewegt, rauschend
    12:21
  3. 3.
    Die Seejungfrau: III. Sehr gedehnt, mit schmerzvollem Ausdruck
    12:40
  4. 4.
    Psalm XIII, op. 24
    13:47

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