Gerd Schaller

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Gerd Schaller

Gerd Schaller (* 1965 in Bamberg ) is a German conductor .

career

Schaller studied music at the University of Music in Würzburg and medicine at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg . In 1993 he got his first engagement at the State Opera Hanover . In 1998 he became the first conductor at the Braunschweig State Theater . From 2003 to 2006 he was general music director at the Magdeburg Theater . Since 2006 he has been working as a freelance conductor with numerous orchestras in Germany and abroad. The focus of his conducting activities shifted more and more to the romantic and late romantic epochs.

In 1990 Gerd Schaller founded the Ebracher Musiksommer , of which he is still artistic director. This music festival in Ebrach, Franconia, takes place in cooperation with the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation - Studio Franken.

In 2008 he founded the Philharmonie Festiva . With this symphony orchestra, founded as the festival orchestra of the Ebrach Music Summer, he recorded numerous works by Beethoven, Goldmark, Schubert, Herbeck and others. a. a complete Bruckner cycle. The musicians of the Philharmonie Festiva, who originally came primarily from Munich's top orchestras, now come from all over Germany and neighboring countries.

Bruckner recordings

Gerd Schaller became internationally known in particular due to his complete recording of Anton Bruckner's symphonies, which was published by Profil Edition Günter Hänssler - among other things in previously unpublished versions. Ken Ward, editor of the Bruckner Journal , praised this recording as "a small musical miracle". The music critic David Hurwitz describes Schaller as a "really outstanding Bruckner conductor"; About his recording of Bruckner's Fifth Symphony he says: “[Schaller] does not commit a single wrong step.” In its review of the recordings of Bruckner's symphonies Four , Seven and Nine , the Allmusic magazine judges : “The live performances of all three symphonies, performed by Gerd Schaller and the Philharmonie Festiva, are first class; Great attention to detail and controlled tempos give the music driving power and coherence. ”In 2010 he recorded the 9th Symphony in the four-movement version of the American musicologist William Carragan on CD. In 2016 he presented his own final movement completion. Gerd Schaller is the first conductor to record two different versions of the final movement for the first time. In 2018 Gerd Schaller arranged Bruckner's string quintet for large orchestra and recorded it with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Supplement and completion of the final movement of the 9th Symphony by Anton Bruckner

For years, Gerd Schaller studied Anton Bruckner's draft materials for the incomplete final movement of the 9th Symphony. He supplemented and completed Bruckner's fragments and created his own version of the final movement, taking into account all of Bruckner's materials up to the earliest sketches. Based on this source material, intensive musicological work and his many years of experience as a Bruckner interpreter, Gerd Schaller presented a musically self-contained version of the final movement in 2016. The missing passages in the score were largely filled with original ideas from Bruckner. Schaller has filled in the remaining musical gaps while consistently and logically maintaining Anton Bruckner's compositional techniques and paying special attention to Bruckner's late style. The first performance of the final movement took place with the Philharmonie Festiva under his direction on July 24, 2016 as part of the Ebrach Music Summer. The ninth, completed by Schaller, was recorded on CD in cooperation with Bayerischer Rundfunk.

Schaller modified this first version again and then revised a few details. The score and the orchestral material of the revised version have been published by Ries & Erler, Berlin: Anton Bruckner, Ninth Symphony, 4th movement, supplemented from original sources and completed by Gerd Schaller.

Rarities

One focus of Gerd Schaller's conducting work is the performance and recording of lesser-known operas and rarities from the concert repertoire; Numerous musical works were recorded by him for the first time, such as Karl Goldmark's opera Merlin in collaboration with Bayerischer Rundfunk and Johann Simon Mayr's opera Fedra in collaboration with Norddeutscher Rundfunk .

With another first recording, Schaller brought Johann von Herbeck's Great Mass to mind.

His recording of Merlin was awarded the ECHO Klassik Prize in 2010 in the category “Opera Recording of the Year (19th Century)”. His performance of Franz von Suppès Requiem was broadcast on German television and radio and was released on CD.

Orchestra direction

Schaller conducted the following orchestras:

Recordings

Anton Bruckner's symphonies

  • Symphonies No. 00-9, Mass No. 3, Psalm 146, Organ Works - PH 17024 (collection box, 2018)
  • Symphony in F minor from 1863 - PH 15004 (2016)
  • 1st Symphony - Linz version from 1866 (based on Carragan) - PH12022 (2012)
  • Symphony in D minor from 1869 - PH15035 (2015)
  • 2nd Symphony - version from 1872 (based on Carragan) - PH12022 (2012)
  • 3rd Symphony - version from 1874 (based on Carragan), first recording - PH12022 (2012)
  • 3rd Symphony - Version from 1890 (Edition Schalk) - PH18002 (2018)
  • 4th Symphony - Version from 1878/80 - PH11028 (2011)
  • 4th Symphony - Version from 1878/80 with "Volksfest" final - PH13049 (2013)
  • 5th Symphony - PH14020 (2014)
  • 6th Symphony - PH14021 (2014)
  • 7th Symphony - PH11028 (2011)
  • 8th Symphony - intermediate version from 1888 (based on Carragan), first recording - PH13027 (2013)
  • 9th Symphony - with the final movement completed by William Carragan in the revision from 2010 - PH11028 (2011)
  • 9th Symphony - with the final movement completed by Gerd Schaller - PH16089 (2016)
  • 9th Symphony - with the revised final movement completed by Gerd Schaller - PH18030 (2018)

Recordings with the Munich Philharmonic Choir

  • Karl Goldmark: Merlin , first recording - PH09044 (2009)
  • Franz von Suppè: Requiem - PH12061 (2012)
  • Johann Ritter von Herbeck: Great Mass, first recording - PH15003 (2015)
  • Anton Bruckner: Mass No. 3, Psalm 146, Organ Works - PH16034 (2016)

Other recordings

  • Anton Bruckner: Quintet in F major - arranged for large orchestra by Gerd Schaller - PH16036 (2018)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: 3rd Symphony - PH15030 (2015)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: 4th Symphony - PH15030 (2015)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: 7th Symphony - PH15030 (2015)
  • Otto Kitzler: Funeral music "In memory of Anton Bruckner", orchestrated by Gerd Schaller, first recording - PH13027 (2013)
  • Karl Goldmark: Symphony No. 1 "Rural Wedding" - PH10048 (2011)
  • Franz Schubert: "Unfinished" Symphony in B minor D759 in the four-movement version based on William Carragan, first recording - PH12062 (2012)
  • Franz Schubert: "Great" Symphony in C major D944 - PH12062 (2012)

Web links

Reviews

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Schaller, Gerd (January 1, 2010), "Biography" , personal website.
  2. ↑ Heringlehner, Ralf (23 May 2014), "The Franconian conductor Gerd Schaller on the freedom of a freelancer" , in: Mainpost.
  3. ↑ Vollmann, Norbert (August 28, 2015), "Success Story Music Summer" , in: Mainpost.
  4. ↑ Music, Ebracht (1 January 2016), "Philharmonie Festiva" , in: ebrach summer music festival.
  5. ^ Ward, Ken (September 3, 2013), "Ebrach completes its Bruckner cycle in fine style" , in: Bachtrack.
  6. ↑ a b Ward, Ken (June 9, 2015), "Gerd Schaller and Philharmonie Festiva perform a miracle on Bruckner's school-work" , in: Bachtrack.
  7. ↑ a b Hurwitz, David (September 9, 2014). "Bruckner: Symphony No 5 / Schaller, Philharmonie Festiv" , in: ArkivMusic.
  8. ↑ a b c d Sanderson, Blair (August 30, 2011), "Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4, 7 & 9" , in: AllMusic.
  9. ↑ a b Lange, Matthias (November 15, 2018), "Sinfonisiert" , in: Klassik.com.
  10. ↑ Moore, Ralph (March 13, 2017), "Review: Recording of the Month, Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor (1894 original version, ed. Nowak 1951, finale completed by Gerd Schaller, 2015)", in : MusicWeb International.
  11. ^ Proffitt, John (March 2017), Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Version: 1894 Original Version, finale completed by Gerd Schaller (2015), in: "The Bruckner Journal", Vol. 21 no.1, March 2017.
  12. ↑ a b Gerd Schaller: Anton Bruckner, Ninth Symphony, IV movement, supplemented from original sources and completed by Gerd Schaller, score, © 2018 by Ries & Erler, Berlin, ISMN M-013-51487-8.
  13. ↑ a b Moore, Ralph (April 2019), "Anton Bruckner (1824–1896) Symphony No. 9" , in: MusicWeb International.
  14. ↑ Kupke, Frank (April 20, 2009). "The revival of the legendary seer Merlin" , in: Mainpost.
  15. ↑ Enescu, Fundatia (November 8, 2011), “Gerd Schaller” , in: Fundatia George Enescu.
  16. ^ Müller, Sven-David (April 3, 2008), opera event on the Oker: Fedra revived in Braunschweig , in: lifePR.
  17. ^ Ward, Ken (September 9, 2014). "A rare chance to hear Herbeck's Great Mass at Bad Kissingen" , in: Bachtrack.
  18. ↑ TV broadcast (November 22, 2015) “Requiem by Franz von Suppé” , see: Ard.de.
  19. ^ Moore, Ralf (February 2018), "Anton Bruckner: Complete Symphonies" , in: MusicWeb International.
  20. ↑ a b c Hoskins, Christian (November 1, 2011), Bruckner - Symphonies No.1 (1866 ed. Carragan), No.2 (1872 ed. Carragan), No.3 (1874 ed. Carragan) ( Memento from 18 June 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF), in: The Bruckner Journal.
  21. ^ Ward, Ken (March 10, 2015). "Bruckner's Zero triumphantly revalued by Gerd Schaller and the Philharmonie Festiva" ( Memento from June 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), in: Bachtrack.
  22. ↑ Engels, Guy (April 20, 2018), "A Bruckner Experience" , in: Pizzicato.
  23. ↑ Bermudez, José Luis (January 1, 2014). "Symphony # 4 (with Volkfest finale)" , in: ClassicalNet.
  24. ↑ Reinhart, Brian (March 1, 2015), "REVIEW: Anton BRUCKNER (1824-1896), Symphony No. 6 in A, WAB 106" , in: MusicWeb International.
  25. ^ Ward, Ken (August 1, 2012), "Bruckner's Eighth as a work-in-progress from Philharmonie Festiva" , in: Bachtrack.
  26. ↑ Lehnert, Richart (March 22, 2017), "Bonus Recording of April 2017: Bruckner: Symphony 9: Completed Version" , in: Stereophile.
  27. ↑ Campbell, Alexander (June 1, 2010), "Merlin [Premiere recording of the opera by Karl Goldmark]" , in: Classical Source.
  28. ^ Cookson, Michael (April 13, 2013). "REVIEW: RECORDING OF THE MONTH, Franz von SUPPÉ (1819-1895), Requiem in D minor - Missa pro defunctis (1855)" , in: Classical Source.
  29. ↑ Cookson, Michael (August 1, 2015), "REVIEW: Johann von HERBECK (1831-1877), Large Mass in E minor for chorus, organ and orchestra (1866) [47.33]" , in: MusicWeb International.
  30. ^ Proffitt, John, "REVIEW: RECORDING OF THE MONTH, Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)" , in: MusicWeb International.
  31. ↑ Krusch, Uwe (September 14, 2018), "Bruckner's string quintet for symphonic orchestra" , in: Pizzicato.
  32. ↑ a b c Listing, Official (September 4, 2015), "Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3, 4 & 7" , in: Presto Classical.
  33. ↑ Barfoot, Terry (August 13, 2013), "REVIEW: Anton BRUCKNER (1824–1896), Symphony No. 8 (Variant of 1888, ed. Carragan) [85:42]; Otto KITZLER senior (1834–1915) & Otto KITZLER junior (1863–1931), funeral music (1906) (orch. Gerd Schaller) [13:37] " , in: MusicWeb International.
  34. ↑ Kennedy, Paul (September 11, 2011), "REVIEW: Carl GOLDMARK (1830-1915), Symphony No. 1 The Rustic Wedding (1876) [43:10]" , in: MusicWeb International.
personal data
SURNAME Schaller, Gerd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Bamberg