
Jeremias Gotthelf
Christian Manuel Oliveira · Narrator
Edition: Coviello Classics
Booklet: de
Media: Stream
COV 92416
Even almost 200 years after its publication, it seems as if a priest is telling the story of the human strengths and weaknesses of the souls entrusted to his care, sometimes with a wink, sometimes with a warning, sometimes with a thoughtful look. The deadly spider plague, which has repeatedly afflicted Swiss mountain farmers for many generations after they made a pact with the devil, is fuelled by old collective memories of the Black Plague, but there are also obvious parallels to the current coronavirus pandemic. Schumann’s Exercicen, written at a similar time to the novella, fit in very well with Gotthelf’s vivid, lively text with their sombre mood and the brevity and diversity of the variations.
Jeremias Gotthelf (1797- 1854) The black spider |
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1. | Die schwarze Spinne | 17:33 |
2. | Rasch schritt die Gotte | 9:06 |
3. | Herrliches gedeihen | 12:08 |
4. | Diesen Hans von Stoffeln | 4:55 |
5. | Als der Weg sich beugte | 12:44 |
6. | Nacht war es geworden | 11:28 |
7. | Es ward eine wilde Nacht | 10:41 |
8. | Schön und hell war der Morgen | 10:56 |
9. | Dem Jammer jenes jungen Weib | 13:21 |
10. | Draußen hat unterdessen Christine | 15:09 |
11. | Es war ein gewitterhaftes Jahr | 7:45 |
12. | So war es spät geworden | 17:50. |
13. | Die Kinde von diesem Schrecken | 16:26 |
14. | Was, dort im schwarzen Holz? | 8:55 |
15. | Da begann der Großvater | 13:46 |
16. | Im alten Hause | 16:19 |
17. | Er macht sich auf den Weg | 6:17 |
18. | Sie wußten nicht, wie ihnen war | 11:36 |