RCA 74321 73632-2
| Alfred Schnittke (1934 - 1998): | ||
| Gesualdo | 11'01 | |
| [1] | Scene 7/1 | 1'17 |
| [2] | Scene 7/2 | 2'01 |
| [3] | Scene 7/3 | 5'48 |
| [4] | Epilogue | 2'55 |
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Gesualdo, opera in seven pictures, a prologue and an epilogue by Richard Bletschacher Sebastian Holocek, baritone (Don Carlo Gesualdo) Judith Heinen, soprano (Silvana Alfano) Andrew Murphy, bass (Ascanio) Stefan Röttig, bass (Francesco) Sabine von Blohn, soprano; Ralf Peter, countertenor; Vladimir Makarov, tenor; Elmar Böhler, tenor; Johannes Bisenius, bass (Madrigalists) Choir and Orchestra of the Saarländisches Staatstheater, Martin Straubel, recording: Saarländisches Staatstheater, Saarbrücken, May 7, 2000 | ||
| Friedrich Schenker (*1943): | ||
| Bettina | ||
| [5] | "Sie wollte mir Philosophie lehren..." | 14'32 |
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Dramma per musica, libretto: Karl Mickel after Bettina von Arnim Annette Jahns, soprano (Bettina) a chamber music ensemble choir of the Paul-Dessau-Oberschule Zeuthen, Gert Bahner recording: theater im palast, Berlin, September 2, 1987 | ||
| Walter Thomas Heyn (*1953): | ||
| Krischans Ende | 11'22 | |
| [6] | Scene 1 | 3'01 |
| [7] | Scene 2 | 3'48 |
| [8] | Scene 3 | 1'53 |
| [9] | Scene 4 | 2'40 |
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Text: Ralph Oehme after Thomas Valentin's novella "Grabbes letzter Sommer"
Friedemann Willert, baritone (Krischan), Hans-Jürgen Wiese, baritone (Ziegler), Vessela Spassova, soprano (Luise), choir and orchestra of the Theater Stralsund, Reinhard Schmiedel recording: Theater Stralsund, October 14, 1987 | ||
| Peter Ruzicka (*1948): | ||
| Celan: Sketch 7: Apoteose | 28'30 | |
| [10] | 7.1 Paris, Eine Metro-Station. Winter: Kurz vor Mitternacht | 1'59 |
| [11] | 7.2 In einem Kaffeehaus. Eine Sommernacht | 2'14 |
| [12] | 7.3 Ein Roter Raum. Paris. Nachtschlafende Zeit | 3'18 |
| [13] | 7.4 Auf einer Brücke. Paris. Nachts. Schlechtes Wetter | 10'59 |
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Music theater in seven sketches, text: Peter Mussbach Sabine Brohm, lyrical soprano (Christine, F I) Andreas Schmidt, baritone (Celan, C I) Barbara Hoene, mezzo soprano (elderly lady) Karl-Heinz Strycek, bass (eldery gentleman) Klaus Florian Voigt, tenor (another one) Sächsische Statskapelle Dresden, Marc Albrecht recording: Semperoper Dresden, March 27, 2001 | ||
| Dieter Schnebel (*1930): | ||
| Majakowskis Tod - Totentanz | 20'19 | |
| Scene B: Abschied | ||
| [14] | Abschied - "Addio" | 3'52 |
| [15] | Zwischenspiel II | 3'45 |
| Scene C: Vermächtnis und Tod | ||
| [16] | Einsamkeit I (Erinnerungen) | 1'22 |
| [17] | Abschiedsbrief | 2'35 |
| [18] | Testament | 1'05 |
| [19] | Letzte Ruhe | 0'25 |
| [20] | Refexion | 2'27 |
| [21] | Letzte Ruhe | 1'36 |
| [22] | Einsamkeit II | 0'14 |
| [23] | Innerer Kampf | 1'18 |
| [24] | Katastrophe | 1'44 |
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opera fragment and epilogue, text: Dieter Schnebel after texts by Vladimir Mayakovsky Matteo de Monti, bass; Michael Hirsch, speaker (Vladimir Mayakovsky), Christine Hansmann, alto; Anna Clementi, speaker (Lilja Brik), Isolde Sieber, high soprano (Nora [Veronika Polonskaya]), Robert Podlesdny, speaker, Choir of the Oper Leipzig, Experimentalstudio der Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung des Südwestrundfunks Freiburg (André Richard), Johannes Kalitzke recording: Oper Leipzig, March 8, 1998 | ||
| total time | 76'36 |