Pelleas Und Melisande and Verklärte Nacht by Schoenberg

ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTRÉAL
RAFAEL PAYARE

RECORDED AT THE MAISON SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTRÉAL IN APRIL 2024
ALBUM RELEASE ON OCTOBER 11, 2024

 

With this recording, Rafael Payare and the OSM pursue their progress through the late Romantic German repertoire, a focal point of their concerts in Montreal and abroad as well as their recordings for PENTATONE.

At first blush, these works may not seem to form an obvious pairing. This is Strauss at his most exuberant, with an immense and richly coloured musical canvas, and Mahler at his most introspective, choosing the intimacy and inwardness of Friedrich Rückert’s poems, creating an array of different atmospheres through his bare yet varied orchestration. Nevertheless, in their eminently personal and autobiographical approach, both composers offer us their careful reflection on existence and on their place in the world.