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KURKA: Good Soldier Schweik (The)

Cedille
KURKA: Good Soldier Schweik (The)

Composer(s):Kurka, Robert
Artist(s) Chicago Opera Theater Ensemble, Choir • Platt, Alexander, Conductor
Period(s) 20th Century
Genre Classical Music
Category Opera
Catalogue CDR90000-062
Label Cedille
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
CD
USD 33.99
 

 
MP3
USD 19.98
 

 

   




Review By Juan Berberana,Ritmo,November 2011

Sorprendente, y sin duda refrescante, la ópera del norteamericano (de padres checos) Robert Kurka (1921–1957) El valiente soldado Schweik (estrenada al año siguiente, de su prematura muerte, en Nueva York). Kurka no era europeo pero, como hijo de emigrantes, entendía a la perfección el espíritu del personaje de Jaroslav Hasek, uno de los más clamorosos y apasionados arquetipos de la no violencia de toda la literatura universal. Su música, por ello mismo, mezcla el drama con la comedia, de una manera como apenas se ha conocido en ningún otro autor norteamericano de la segunda mitad del S.XX. Quizás porque su música está más cerca de Weill o Krenek (en su faceta de zeit oper) que de

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Review By Andrew Quint,Fanfare,November 2002

The Good Soldier Schweik, a work that’s enjoyed a multitude of staged…the tone Robert Kurka sets—the work is leanly scored for an ensemble of winds and percussion—is exactly right. The opera is funny, seditious, sarcastic, poignant, and a dramatic juggernaut…the dramatic sense is fully intact. © 2002 Fanfare Read complete review on Fanfare








 

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