© Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

PAYARE CONDUCTS SCHOENBERG’S GURRE-LIEDER

Recorded at the Maison Symphonique de Montréal (Canada) on September 13, 2024

To open the 2024–2025 OSM season, Rafael Payare continues his exploration of Schoenberg’s works with a monument of the post-Romantic repertoire: the Gurre-Lieder.

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

Rafael Payare  I  Conductor

Clay Hilley  I  Tenor (Waldermar)

Dorothea Röschmann  I  Soprano (Dove)

Karen Cargill  I  Alto (Colombe)

Thomas E. Bauer  I  Baritone (peasant)

Stephan Rügamer  I  Tenor  (Klaus, the fool)

Ben Heppner  I Sprechstimme (Narrator)

Mani Soleymanlou  I  Narrator

OSM Chorus

Andrew Megill  I  Chorus Master

REPERTOIRE

Arnold Schoenberg – Gurre-Lieder, for soloists, chorus and orchestra

AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION

■ Director: Benoît Guérin

■ Assistant director & Score reader: Béatrice Cadrin

■ Sound recorder & mixer: Nataq Huault

■ Technical director: Liz Bellotti