composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
conductor Sebastian Weigle
engineer, edited by, mastered by Felix Dreher
executive-producer Bernd Loebe
executive-producer Dr. Astrid Gubin
liner notes Herbert Beck
orchestra Frankfurter Opern- Und Museumsorchester
producer Christoph Claßen
text by Paul Schott
vocals Anna Ryberg
vocals Hans-Jürgen Lazar
vocals Hedwig Fassbender
vocals Jenny Carlstedt
vocals Julian Prégardien
vocals Klaus Florian Vogt
vocals Michael Nagy
vocals Tatiana Pavlovskaya
Phonographic Copyright (p) Hessischer Rundfunk
Copyright (c) OehmsClassics Musikproduktion GmbH
Recorded At Oper Frankfurt
© 2011 OehmsClassics Musikproduktion GmbH
℗ 2009 Hessischer Rundfunk
Made in Germany
Live Recording: 2009, Oper Frankfurt
Bruges la morte – The Dead Bruges: This was the name of the novel published in 1892 that the young Erich Wolfgang Korngold used in 1920 as the basis for his first and most successful opera. The music of Tote Stadt, composed during the turbulent yet wildly creative time of nascent atonality, holds steadfastly to the operatic forms and tonal world of Puccini. Korngold‘s enormous richness of musical colors are irresistible, as are his harmonies – which go to the outermost bounds of the expected – and impressionistic tone-painting.
Together with the Frankfurt Opera, OehmsClassics presents a „Live CD Series“, which experiments with the important „sound-representation“ of voices and orchestra. This gives listeners at home the opportunity to hear a musically and technically flawless premiere evening on CD!
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Label Code: LC 12424
SPARS Code: DDD
Rights Society: GEMA