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Hindemith: The Long Christmas Dinner (Das lange Weihnachtsmahl)
Ruth Ziesak (Lucia, Lucia II), Ursula Hesse von den Steinen (Mother Bayard, Ermengarde), Herman Wallén (Roderick, Sam), Arutjun Kotchinian (Brandon), Christian Elsner (Charles), Rebecca Martin (Genevieve), Michaela Kaune (Leonora) & Corby Welch (Roderick II)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin,...
Hindemith's final and least-known opera, based on a 1931 play by Thornton Wilder, Das langeWeihnachtsmahl ('The Long Christmas Dinner') is – like his earliest essays in the genre – cast in a... — More…
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Salomix-Max - In Memoriam Cathy Berberian
Salomé Kammer (voice), Rudi Spring (piano/harpsichord), Michael Riessler (clarinet/saxophone), Maria Reiter (accordian) & Bettina Fuchs (flute)
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Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre
Dieter Weller (Nekrotzar), Penelope Walmsley-Clark (Amanda), Olive Fredricks (Amando), Peter Haage (Piet vom Faß), Christa Puhlmann-Richter (Mescalina), Kevin Smith (Fürst Go-Go), Ude Krekow (Astradamors), Eirian Davies (Chef der Geheimpolizei), Herbert Prikopa (Weißer Minister), Ernst Leopold Strachwitz...
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The Many Voices of Cathy Berberian
Cathy Berberian (soprano), Bruno Canino (piano, harpsichord)
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Schoenberg: Erwartung, Op. 17
Helga Pilarczyk (soprano)
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Hermann Scherchen
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Zimmermann, B A: Die Soldaten
Edith Gabry (Marie), Liane Synek (Gräfin de la Roche), Anton de Ridder (Desportes), Helga Jenckel (Charlotte), Zoltan Kelemen (Wesener), Maura Moreira (Wesener’s elderly mother), Claudio Nicolai (Stolzius), Elisabeth Schärtel (Stolzius’ mother), Liane Synek (Countess de la Roche), Willi Brokmeier...
Zimmermann's searing melodrama is based on an 18th-century play, but its emphasis on social decadence and militaristic brutalisation has obvious 20th-century relevance. All the singers cope... — More…
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Reimann, A: Melusine
Marlene Mild (Melusine), Teresa Erbe (Pythia), Gabriele May (Madame Lapérouse), Richard Kindley (Max Oleander), Song-Hu Liu (Graf von Lusignan), Wieland Satter (Der Geometer), Dariusz Siedlik (Der Maurer), Sibrand Basa (Der Architekt), Thomas Fleischmann (Oger), Elisabeth Sommermann (Gast), Katrin...
There are flashes of great music: woodwind flurries in the instrumental prelude, sensitively floated by the Nuremberg Philharmonic and opulently recorded, sounding like fish floating into your... — More…
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Hindemith: Die Harmonie der Welt
Opera in five acts
Rundfunkchor Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski
I'm glad to have heard this premiere recording of Hindemith's penultimate opera, conducted impressively by Marek Janowski. In the title role, Francois Le Roux gives a cultivated, humane performance. — More…
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Fortner: Bluthochzeit (Blood Wedding)
Dalia Schaechter (Mother), Banu Böke (Bride), Thomas Laske (Leonardo), Miriam Ritter (Leonardo’s Wife), Cornelia Berger (Leonardo’s Mother-in-Law), Gregor Henze (The Groom) & Stephan Ullrich (Father of the Bride)
Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of the Wuppertal Opera, Hilary Griffiths
The staging by Christian von Götz is generally fairly conventional. It follows the outlines of the original Lorca play closely...Fortner’s is a generally interesting and rewarding score, and... — More…
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Hindemith: Das Nusch-Nuschi, Op. 20
Harald Stamm: bass (Mung Tha Bya, Kaiser von Burma, Bettler, 1. Herold, 2. Dichter) / Marten Schumacher: speaking part (Ragweng, der Kronprinz) / Victor von Halem: bass (Feldgeneral Kyce Waing, Zeremonienmeister) / Josef Becker: bass (Henker) / David Knutson: tenor, falsetto (Susulü, Eunuch des Kaisers)...
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