| Description |
2 audio discs (116 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
015534 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Tragic fairy-tale for music in one act; includes preludes and interludes from additional operas by Zemlinsky. |
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Opera libretto by Georg C. Klaren, based freely on Oscar Wilde's The birthday of the Infanta. |
| Performer |
In Der Zwerg: Soile Isokoski (Donna Clara) ; Íride Marínez (Ghita) ; Juanita Lascarro (Erste Zofe) ; Machiko Lascarro (Zweite Zofe) ; Anne Schwanewilms (Dritte Zofe) ; Natalie Karl (Erste Gespielin) ; Martina Rüping (Zweite Gespielin) ; David Kuebler (Der Zwerg) ; Andrew Collis (Don Estoban) ; Frankfurter Kantorei ; Gürzenich-Orchester Köln ; James Conlon, conductor. |
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In the preludes and interludes: Gürzenich-Orchester Köln ; James Conlon, conductor. |
| Event |
Opera Recorded live 1996 February 11-13 Philharmonie, Köln. |
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Preludes and interludes Recorded live 2001 August 23-28 Philharmonie, Köln. |
| Note |
Previously released in 1996 and 2002. |
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Title from disc label. |
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Program notes by Antony Beaumont and the conductor in English with German and French translations (19 pages : portraits) laid in container. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Der Zwerg / Zemlinsky. Part I -- Disc 2. Der Zwerg. Part II -- Operatic preludes and interludes. Sarema. Vorspiel ; Es war einmal. Vorspiel, 1. Akt ; Es war einmal. Zwischenspiel, 1. Akt ; Kleider machen Leute. Walzer-Intermezzo, 1. Akt ; Kleider machen Leute. Zwischenspiel, 2. Akt ; Der Kreidekreis. Vorspiel zum 3. Akt ; Der König Kandaules. Vorspiel zum 3. Akt (orchestrated by Antony Beaumont). |
| Language |
Sung in German. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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Overtures.
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Overtures. |
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Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts. |
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Operas.
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Operas.
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Adaptations.
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Adaptations.
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Overtures.
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Overtures.
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Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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Live sound recordings.
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Live sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Isokoski, Soile, singer.
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Martínez, Íride, singer.
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Collis, Andrew, singer.
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Kuebler, David, singer.
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Lascarro, Juanita, singer.
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Obata, Machiko, singer.
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Schwanewilms, Anne, singer.
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Karl, Natalie, singer.
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Rüping, Martina, singer.
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Conlon, James, 1950- conductor, writer of added commentary.
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Beaumont, Antony, writer of added commentary, arranger of music.
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First work Opera adaptation of (work): Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
Birthday of the Infanta.
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Container of (work): Zemlinsky, Alexander, 1871-1942.
Zwerg.
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Container of (work): Zemlinsky, Alexander, 1871-1942.
Sarema. Vorspiel.
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Container of (work): Zemlinsky, Alexander, 1871-1942.
Es war einmal-- . Prelude.
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Container of (work): Zemlinsky, Alexander, 1871-1942.
Es war einmal--. Zwischenspiel (Nr. 1)
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Container of (work): Zemlinsky, Alexander, 1871-1942.
Kleider machen Leute. Walzer-Intermezzo.
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Container of (work): Zemlinsky, Alexander, 1871-1942.
Kleider machen Leute. Zwischenspiel (Nr. 2)
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Container of (work): Zemlinsky, Alexander, 1871-1942.
Kreidekreis, 3. Akt. Vorspiel.
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Container of (work): Zemlinsky, Alexander, 1871-1942.
König Kandaules. 3. Akt. Vorspiel.
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Frankfurter Kantorei, singer.
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Gürzenich-Orchester (Cologne, Germany), instrumentalist.
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| Added Title |
Operas. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00062044
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| Standard No. |
5099972587522 |
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05099972587522 |
| Music No. |
50999 7 25875 2 2 EMI Classics (set) |
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50999 7 25876 2 1 EMI Classics (disc 1) |
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50999 7 25878 2 9 EMI Classics (disc 1) |
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7 25875 2 EMI Classics (in bold on container) |
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