Erwin Schulhoff: H.M.S. Royal Oak, A Jazz Oratorio based on words by Otto Rombach, WV 96 - composed in 1930 ∙
Ebony Band ∙
Cappella Amsterdam ∙
Daniel Reuss, speaker ∙
Bernard Loonen, tenor ∙
Åsa Olsson, soprano ∙
Werner Herbers, conductor ∙
I. Introduzione ›Wir berichten was wahr ist!‹ 00:00 ∙
II. Interlude de Fox. Allegro 02:27 ∙
III. Hawaian Song ›Aber nun liegen wir in der Bai von Hawai …‹ 03:39 ∙
IV. Home-Song ›Weit ist die Stadt, wo meine Mutter wartet …‹ 06:20 ∙
V. Waltz-Interlude. Moderato 09:30 ∙
VI. Rezitazione ›Yes, aber in diesem Augenblick …‹ 11:30 ∙
VII. Sailor-Song ›Wir sind Matrosen und sind nicht schlechter als ihr …‹ 12:49 ∙
VIII. Rezitazione ›Der Kapitän aber ließ die Mannschaften antreten …‹ 15:37 ∙
IX. Southsea-Waltz ›Kommt ein Wölkchen silberfein …‹ 16:50 ∙
X. Tango-Interlude. Moderato 20:35 ∙
XI. Rezitazione ›Die Matrosen wurden von diesem Lied wie von einer Totenklage berührt …‹ 22:04 ∙
XII. Tango-Song of the Soul ›Weine, du Orgel zwischen den Wänden …‹ 23:00 ∙
XIII. Rezitazione e Fox fugato ›Nach dem Abgesang dieses Liedes …‹ 25:40 ∙
XIV. Panama-Song ›Das Land war ein Sumpf …‹ 27:44 ∙
XV. Finale e Spiritual ›In England aber, wo jeder Mensch Herz hat …‹ 30:49 ∙
Recording: 29th March 2004 • Vredenburg, Utrecht © 2009 Channel Classics
In 1930, Schulhoff, together with Otto Rombach, a dramatic author, writer, and journalist with the Frankfurter Zeitung, wrote the Jazz Oratorio ‘H.M.S. Royal Oak’, inspired by an actual event dating from 1928 when a violent quarrel had arisen among three officers about the music played by a small band in the officers’ mess.
Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942) was an Austro-Czech composer and pianist. He was one of the figures in the generation of European musicians whose successful careers were prematurely terminated by the rise of the Nazi regime in Germany and whose works have been rarely noted or performed. At the time of the German invasion, he had been at the high point of his career, well-established and respected by the artists and composers of his day. He was a radical artist, influenced by Dadaism, and one of the first European composers to begin experimenting with jazz by integrating it into traditional musical forms such as symphonies and concertos. By the early 1930s, Schulhoff had become committed to Soviet Communism: in light of the increasing threat of right wing radicalism, he became convinced of the need for a radical people’s revolution. Even after being imprisoned in jail and then being sent to a Bavarian concentration camp, Schulhoff continued to work on his compositions. To the very end he remained true to his political and aesthetic ideals: a commitment that cost him his life.
Alternative Titles: H.M.S. Royal Oak, Ein Jazzoratorium nach Worten von Otto Rombach für einen Sprecher, einen Jazzsänger (Tenor), gemischten Chor (mit Sopran-Solo) und symphonisches Jazzorchester
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