COMPOSERS: Zemlinsky
LABELS: EMI
WORKS: Der Traumgörge
PERFORMER: Kuebler, Racette, Martinez; Cologne Philharmonic/James Conlon
CATALOGUE NO: EMI 687 6792
Mahler’s resignation from the Vienna Opera in 1907 led to the cancellation of the premiere of Zemlinsky’s opera, which had to wait until 1980 for a hearing. This accomplished live rendition attests to its late-Romantic sophistication. George Hall