Composers: Von Einem
Compositions: Der Prozess
Performers: ORF Vienna RSO/HK Gruber
Catalogue Number: Capriccio C5358 (2CD)

Austrian composer Gottfried von Einem is acknowledged as a key figure in the rebuilding of musical life in Austria after the Second World War, during which he saved the lives and livelihoods of many Jewish friends and colleagues. It’s no surprise then that he was drawn to texts that dealt with themes of liberty and justice, as with Kafka’s The Trial, which became the inspiration for his second opera, Der Prozess. First performed at the Salzburg Festival in 1953 with Karl Böhm conducting the Vienna...