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...
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...
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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...
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- Edith Gabry (soprano), Helga Jenckel (mezzo-soprano)
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Michael Gielen
- Claudio Nicolai (baritone), Elisabeth Schärtel (vocalist)
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Michael Gielen
- Edith Gabry (soprano), Anton de Ridder (tenor), Zoltan Kelemen (bass-baritone)
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Michael Gielen
- Erich Winkelmann (bass-baritone), Gerd Nienstedt (baritone), Camillo Meghor (baritone), Willi Brokmeier (tenor), Heiner Horn (baritone), Norman Paige (tenor), Hubert Möhler (tenor), Heribert Steinbach (tenor), Albert Weikenmeier (tenor)
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Michael Gielen
- Edith Gabry (soprano), Zoltan Kelemen (bass-baritone)
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Michael Gielen
- Karl Acher, Artur Korn, Klaus Bruch, Hans Franzen, Heiner Horn (baritone), Albert Weikenmeier (tenor), Erich Winkelmann (bass-baritone), Willi Brokmeier (tenor), Claudio Nicolai (baritone), Norman Paige (tenor), Hubert Möhler (tenor), Heribert Steinbach (tenor), Camillo Meghor (baritone), Gerd Nienstedt (baritone)
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Michael Gielen
Zimmermann, B A:
Die Soldaten, Act II Scene 2: Capriccio, Corale e Ciacona II
Work length12:25
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- Edith Gabry (soprano), Anton de Ridder (tenor), Maura Moreira (vocalist), Elisabeth Schärtel (vocalist), Claudio Nicolai (baritone)
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Michael Gielen
- Heiner Horn (baritone), Albert Weikenmeier (tenor)
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Michael Gielen
- Claudio Nicolai (baritone), Camillo Meghor (baritone)
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Michael Gielen
Awards and reviews
April 2008
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 confidently with Zimmermann's extreme demands, and none more so than Anton de Ridder, who hurls out the highest tenor notes as if there were no tomorrow.
