57. Gurre Lieder [Songs of Gurre] (1901/11)
(6 voices, multiple choruses, orchestra)
(text by Jens Peter Jacobsen;
translated from Danish into German by Robert Franz Arnold)
- Part I
- Orchester-Vorspiel [Orchestral prelude]
- 1. Nun dämpft die Dämm’rung jeden Ton [Now stills
the twilight ev’ry sound] (Waldemar)
- 2. O, wenn des Mondes Strahlen leise gleiten [Now, where the
moonbeams’ tender light is glowing] (Tove)
- 3. Ross! Mein Ross! Was schleichst du so träg! [Steed,
my steed! Why lagging so slow?] (Waldemar)
- 4. Sterne jubeln, das Meer, es leuchtet [Stars are singing,
the sea is shining] (Tove)
- 5. So tanzen die Engel vor Gottes Thron nicht [So danced ever
angels before the great throne] (Waldemar)
- 6. Nun sag ich dir zum ersten Mal [Now this first time, I say
to thee] (Tove)
- 7. Es ist Mitternachtszeit ['Tis the hour of midnight] (Waldemar)
- 8. Du sendest mir einen Liebesblick [Thine eyes meet mine in
a lover’s glance] (Tove)
- 9. Du wunderliche Tove! [Thou’rt wonderful, my Tove!] (Waldemar)
- Orchester-Zwischenspiel [Orchestral interlude]
- 10. Tauben von Gurre! Sorge quält mich [Wood-doves of Gurre!
Woeful tidings] (Waldtaube)
- Part II
- 11. Herrgott, weisst Du, was Du tatest [Know’st Thou, God,
how Thou didst wound me] (Waldemar)
- Part III
- 12. Die Wilde Jagd: Erwacht, König Waldemars Manne wert!
[The wild hunt: Arouse ye, hear Waldemar’s royal word!] (Waldemar)
- 13. Deckel des Sarges klappert und klappt [Hark to the rattling
coffin, oh hark!] (Bauer)
- 14. Gegrüsst, o König, an Gurre-Seestrand! [O King,
we greet thee, by Gurre’s sea-strand!] (Waldemars Mannen)
- 15. Mit Toves Stimme flüstert der Wald ['Tis Tove’s
voice I hear through the wood] (Waldemar)
- 16. Ein seltsamer Vogel ist so 'n Aal [How strange is the bird
we call an eel] (Klaus-Narr)
- 17. Du strenger Richter droben [Thou Judge enthroned in harshness]
(Waldemar)
- 18. Der Hahn erhebt den Kopf zur Kraht [Now Chanticleer hath
raised his voice] (Waldemars Mannen)
- Des Sommerwindes wilde Jagd [The summer wind’s wild hunt]
- Orchester-Vorspiel [Orchestral prelude]
- Herr Gänsefuss, Frau Gänsekraut, nun duckt euch
nur geschwind [Sir Ganderfoot, dear Mother Goose, now hide you,
quickly hide] (Sprecher)
- 19. Seht die Sonne [See the sun rise!] (Gemischter Chor)
- Jeanette Vreeland, soprano
(Tove); Rose Bampton,
mezzo-soprano (Waldtaube); Paul Althouse,
tenor (Waldemar); Robert Bette,
tenor (Klaus-Narr); Abrasha Robofsky,
bass (Bauer); Benjamin de Loache,
narrator; Princeton Glee
Club (Alexander Russell,
director); Fortnightly Club
(Henry Gordon Thunder, director);
Mendelssohn Club (Bruce
Carey, director); Eight
part mixed chorus; Philadelphia
Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski,
conductor (recorded: live, Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, PA, 9
April 1932) (I/1:01:45 (OV/7:02 + 1/5:20
+ 2/3:16 + 3/2:33 + 4/2:24
+ 5/2:29 + 6/4:02 + 7/6:52
+ 8/6:11 + 9/5:08 + OZ/5:03
+ 10/11:25) + II/11/4:06
+ III/45:01 (12/2:01 + 13/4:09
+ 14/6:34 + 15/4:28 + 16/6:11
+ 17/3:17 + 18/5:42 + SWJ/14:39
(OV/3:00 + HG/5:24 + 19/4:15))
= 1:51:14)
- RCA Victor LM 127 (mx. nos.:
LCSHQ71699/1711) mono (1949) LP
- *RCA Victor DM 127 (disc
nos.: 11-8061/074 (mx. nos.: 72621, 71674/698, 71712/13)) mono (1949)
78-rpm discs (timed: I/1:08:20 (4:24 + 4:07 + 4:16 + 4:12 + 4:12
+ 4:26 + 4:20 + 4:06 + 4:52 + 4:06 + 4:52 + 4:06 + 4:12 + 4:07 + 4:38
+ 3:14) + II/11/4:22 + III/41:37
(4:04 + 4:55 + 4:10 + 4:44 + 3:51 + 4:16 + 4:20 + 3:43 + 3:18 + 4:15)
= 1:54:19)
- *Pearl GEMM CDS 9066
mono AAD (1993) CD
- Jeanette Vreeland, soprano
(Tove); Rose Bampton,
mezzo-soprano (Waldtaube); Paul Althouse,
tenor (Waldemar); Robert Bette,
tenor (Klaus-Narr); Abrasha Robofsky,
bass (Bauer); Benjamin de Loache,
narrator; Princeton Glee
Club (Alexander Russell,
director); Fortnightly Club
(Henry Gordon Thunder, director);
Mendelssohn Club (Bruce
Carey, director); Eight
part mixed chorus; Philadelphia
Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski,
conductor (recorded: live, Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, PA, 11
April 1932) (I/1:01:17 + II/4:03 + III/44:27 =
1:49:47)
- *RCA Victor Red Seal M 127
(disc nos.: 7524/537 (mx. nos.: 72621, 71674/ 698, 71712/13)) (1932)
78-rpm discs
- EMI His Master’s Voice DB
7293/7306 (1933?) 78-rpm discs
- EMI His Master’s Voice 160
(DB 1769/782) (1936?) 78-rpm disc
- *RCA Victor LCT 6012 mono
(1954) LP (timed: 22:05 + 28:40 + 28:06 + 33:04 = 1:51:55)
- *RCA Victrola AVM2 2017
mono (1976) LP (label: 22:40 + 28:15 + 28:43 + 32:13 = 1:51:51)
- *RCA Victrola VL 02017
mono (1976) LP
- RCA (Japan?) RVC 7562/63
(pre 1978) LP
- *Nuova Era 90025/26
mono A?D (1990) CD (I/1:01:17 (OV/6:52
+ 1/5:08 + 2/3:19 + 3/2:20
+ 4/2:26 + 5/2:37 + 6/3:54
+ 7/6:58 + 8/5:29 + 9/5:48
+ OV/5:07 + 10/11:19)
+ II/11/4:03 + III/44:27 (12/2:48
+ 13/3:36 + 14/6:15 +
15/3:42 + 16/6:40 + 17/3:14
+ 18/4:20 + SWJ/13:52
(OV/3:55 + HG/5:44 + 19/4:13))
= 1:49:47)
- *Phonographe PH 5025-26
mono ADD (1994) CD (Prelude: 6:54; Interlude: 5:09)
- *Magic Talent CD 48015
mono AAD (1996) CD (Prelude: 6:53; Interlude: 5:08)
- *Cantus Classics CACD 5.0090 LMS mono AAD (2000) CD (Prelude: 6:57; Interlude: 5:13)
- *History 20.3290-HI
mono & stereo A?D (2001?) CD (Prelude: 6:54; Interlude: 5:08)
- *Andante 4978 (4979-4982)
mono ADD (2002) 4 CD (I/1:02:35 (OV/7:48
+ 1/4:41 + 2/3:22 + 3/2:27
+ 4/2:28 + 5/2:39 + 6/3:55
+ 7/7:02 + 8/6:15 + 9/5:22
+ OZ/4:55 + 10/11:31)
+ II/11/4:11 + III/44:57 (12/2:08
+ 13/4:09 + 14/4:49 +
15/6:11 + 16/6:12 + 17/3:05
+ 18/5:43 + SWJ/12:40
(OV/2:53 + HG/5:22 + 19/4:25))
= 1:51:43)
- Ethel Semser, soprano (Tove);
Nell Tangeman, mezzo-soprano
(Waldtaube); Richard Lewis,
tenor (Waldemar); Ferry Gruber,
tenor (Klaus-Narr); John Riley,
bass (Bauer); Morris Gesell, narrator;
Chorus
and Orchestra
of the New Symphony Society, Paris; René Leibowitz,
conductor (recorded: Apollo Theater, Paris, France, October
1953) (I/1:07:04 (21:01 + 24:41 + 21:22) + II/11/4:32
+ III/46:54 (13:16 + 19:31 + 14:07) = 1:58:30)
- *Haydn Society HSL 100 mono
(1953) LP
- Nixa HLP 3100 mono (1954?)
LP
- *Erato LDE 3012/13
mono (1954) LP
- Erato LDE 1064 mono
(1955?) LP (Chasse; Blasphèmes; Finale)
- *Berkshire BH 1012 mono
(1956?) 4-track tape
- *Vox Box VBX 204 mono (1962)
LP (label: 21:00 + 26:00 + 22:00 + 18:00 + 21:00 + 14:00 = 2:02:00)
- *Lys LYS557-58 mono? ADD
(1999) 2 CD (I/1:07:23 (OV/6:55 + 1/5:20
+ 2/3:43 + 3/2:55 + 4/2:13
+ 5/2:08 + 6/5:01 + 7/7:30
+ 8/5:51 + 9/5:31 + OZ/6:19
+ 10/13:56) + II/11/5:00
+ III/46:39 (12/2:47 + 13/3:59
+ 14/6:18 + 15/4:00 + 16/8:04
+ 17/3:06 + 18/5:17 +
SWJ/13:08) = 1:59:02)
- *Preiser 90575 mono AAD (2004) 2 CD (I/1:07:33 (OV/6:54 + 1/5:19 + 2/3:25 + 3/3:14 + 4/1:43 + 5/2:43 + 6/4:56 + 7/7:01 + 8/5:35 + 9/5:57 + OZ/6:27 + 10/14:19) + II/11/4:57 + III/47:00 (12/2:46 + 13/3:49 + 14/4:35 + 15/5:59 + 16/8:05 + 17/3:10 + 18/5:18 + SWJ/13:18 (8:59 + 19/4:09)) = 1:59:30)
- *Preiser 90601 mono AAD (2004) CD (OV/6:59; OZ/6:39)
- Inge Borkh, soprano (Tove);
Hertha Töpper, mezzo-soprano
(Waldtaube); Herbert Schachtschneider,
tenor (Waldemar); Lorenz Fehenberger,
tenor (Klaus-Narr); Kieth Engen,
bass (Bauer); Hans Herbert Fiedler,
voice; Bavarian Radio
Chorus and Symphony
Orchestra; Rafael Kubelík,
conductor (recorded: Kongresssaal, Deutsches Museum, Munich, West Germany,
9-12 March 1965) (I/54:35
(OV-5/24:29 + 6-OZ/19:09 +
10/10:57) + II/11/4:00
+ III/38:52 (12-15/13:36 + 16-SWJ/25:16)
= 1:37:27)
- *Deutsche Grammophon LPM
18 984/85 mono (1965) LP
- *Deutsche Grammophon SLPM
138 984/85 stereo (1965) LP
- *Deutsche Grammophon 2707
022 (138 984/85) stereo (1965) LP
- *Deutsche Grammophon DGP 8984
stereo (1965?) 4-track tape
- *Deutsche Grammophon 2726
046 stereo (1974?) LP
- Deutsche Grammophon 2530
482 stereo (1976?) LP (excerpts)
- Deutsche Grammophon (Japan) SLGM
1333/34 (pre 1978) LP
- *Deutsche Grammophon 3372
046 stereo (1980?) cassette
- *Deutsche Grammophon 431
744-2 GC2 stereo ADD (1991) CD
- Martina Arroyo, soprano (Tove);
Janet Baker, alto (Waldtaube);
Alexander Young, tenor (Waldemar);
Niels Møller, tenor (Klaus-Narr);
Odd Wolstad, bass (Bauer); Julius
Patzak, voice; Chorus
(Svend S. Schultz, director)
and Symphony
Orchestra of the Danish State Radio (Tamás Vetö,
assistant conductor); Janos Ferencsik,
conductor (recorded: live, Copenhagen Radio House Concert Hall, Copenhagen,
Denmark, 18 March 1968)
(I/1:00:34 (33:26 + 27:08) + II-III/47:40 (26:52 + 20:48)
= 1:48:14)
- *EMI His Master’s Voice SLS
884 (ASD 3023/24) (0C 191 02-504/05) stereo (1974) LP
- *EMI Electrola His Master’s Voice 1C
193-02 504/05 stereo (1974) LP
- EMI Odéon SLS 884
stereo (1974?) LP
- EMI C 167-02 504/05
stereo (1976?) LP
- *Turnabout TVS 34659/660
stereo (1974) LP
- Angel (Japan) EAC 80043/44
stereo (pre 1978) LP
- *BBC Music Magazine 1994 Proms stereo ADD/DDD (1994) CD (opening) (14:48)
- *EMI Classics (7243) (CZS) (PM 518) 5
74194 2 (0) stereo ADD (2000) CD (I/1:00:44 (OV/7:12
+ 1/4:27 + 2/3:21 + 3/3:02
+ 4/2:11 + 5/2:47 + 6/3:42
+ 7/7:26 + 8/5:39 + 9/3:19
+ OZ/5:36 + 10/11:47)
+ II//11/4:36 + III/42:43 (3:24
+ 2:44 + 5:38 + 3:19 + 7:04 + 2:47 + 2:06 + 5:03 + 4:45) = 1:48:03)
- Marita Napier, soprano (Tove);
Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano (Waldtaube);
Jess Thomas, tenor (Waldemar);
Kenneth Bowen, tenor (Klaus-Narr);
Siegmund Nimsgern, bass (Bauer);
Günter Reich, narrator; BBC
Singers; BBC Choral
Society; Goldsmith’s
Choral Union; Men’s voices of the London
Philharmonic Choir, BBC
Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Boulez,
conductor (recorded: West Ham Central Mission, London, England, 26
October, 7-8 November & 6 December 1974) (I/1:03:25 (29:24
+ 26:37 + 7:24) + II/11/5:45 + III/46:05
(15:51 + 30:14) = 1:55:15)
- *Columbia M2 33303 stereo
(1975) LP
- *CBS 78264 stereo (1975)
LP
- *Columbia M2Q 33303
quad (1975) LP
- Columbia X 1398 (1395?)
stereo (pre 1986) LP
- CBS (Japan) SONO 112/13
stereo (pre 1978) LP
- *CBS Sony 75 DC 950/52
stereo A?D (1987) CD
- *Sony Classical SM2K 48459
(48460/61) stereo ADD (1993) CD
- *Sony Classical SSK 6343
stereo ADD (1996) CD (excerpt)
- *Sony Classical SSK 6344
stereo ADD (1996) CD (excerpt)
- *Sony Classical SSK 6346
stereo ADD (1996) CD (excerpt)
- *Sony Classical [s.n.] stereo
ADD (1998) CD (excerpt)
- Jessye Norman, soprano
(Tove); Tatiana Troyanos,
mezzo-soprano (Waldtaube); James McCracken,
tenor (Waldemar); Kim Scown, tenor
(Klaus-Narr); David Arnold,
baritone (Bauer); Werner Klemperer,
narrator; Tanglewood Chorus;
Boston Symphony Orchestra;
Seiji Ozawa, conductor (recorded:
live, Boston Symphony Hall, Boston, MA, 30-31
March & 3 April 1979) (I/56:05 (27:00 + 17:02 + 12:03) +
II/11/4:04 + III/42:04 (11:36 + 30:28)
= 1:42:13)
- *Philips 6769 038
(9500 693/94) stereo (1979) LP
- *Philips PHI R 6769
038 stereo (1979) 4-track tape
- *Philips 7699 124
stereo (1979) cassette
- *Philips (Japan) 25 PC
37/38 stereo (1979) LP
- Philips 412 104-1
stereo (1985?) LP
- *Philips 412 511-2
PH2 stereo ADD (1985?) CD
- *Melodiia S10 25283
006 stereo (1987?) LP
- *Philips 438 887-2 PH
stereo ADD (1993) CD (from Part III: Seht die Sonne) (4:39)
- *Philips 289 464
040-2 PM2 stereo ADD (1999) 2 CD (I/56:07 (OV/6:54
+ 1/3:27 + 2/3:15 + 3/3:12
+ 4/2:20 + 5/2:01 + 6/3:43
+ 7/5:02 + 8/5:10 + 9/8:59
+ OZ-10/12:04) + II/11/4:06
+ III/42:06 (12/2:49 + 13/3:43 + 14/5:00 + 15/3:23 + 16/6:08
+ 17/2:13 + 18/5:57 + SWJ/12:53 (OV/2:59
+ HG/5:12 + 19/4:42))
= 1:42:55)
- *Philips 464 736-2 PM2
stereo ADD (2001) 2 CD
- *Aquarius AQVR 191-2 stereo ADD (2003) 2 CD
- Susan Dunn, soprano (Tove);
Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo-soprano
(Waldtaube); Siegfried Jerusalem,
tenor (Waldemar); Peter Haage,
tenor (Klaus-Narr); Hermann Becht,
bass (Bauer); Hans Hotter, narrator;
Chor der
St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin (Roland Bader,
director); Städtischer
Musikverein zu Düsseldorf (Hartmut Schmidt,
director); Radio-Symphonie-Orchester
Berlin; Riccardo Chailly,
conductor (recorded: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany, May-June
1985) (I/55:50 + II/4:19 + III/40:45 = 1:40:54)
- *Decca 430 321-2 DH2
stereo DDD (1990) CD
- *Decca 430 321-4 DH2
digital stereo (1990) cassette
- *London 430 321-2 LH2
stereo DDD (1990) CD
- London 430 321-4 LH2
digital stereo (1990) cassette
- *London 443 378-2 LM
stereo DDD (1994) CD (“Lied der Waldtaube”) (11:26)
- *Decca 473 728-2 DF2 stereo DDD (2003) 2 CD (I/56:14 (OV/7:11 + 1/3:45 + 2/3:11 + 3/2:53 + 4/2:25 + 5/2:16 + 6/3:50 + 7/5:14 + 8/5:34 + 9/3:43 + OZ/4:36 + 10/11:26) + II/11/4:19 + III/40:40 (12/2:04 + 13/3:26 + 14/4:23 + 15/4:33 + 16/6:34 + 17/2:04 + 18/5:18 + SWJ/12:18 (ov/2:37 + HG/5:02 + 19/4:39)) = 1:41:13)
- Eva-Maria Bundschuh, soprano
(Tove); Rosemarie Lang,
alto (Waldtaube); Manfred Jung,
tenor (Waldemar); Wolf Appel,
tenor (Klaus-Narr); Ulrich Cold,
bass (Bauer); Gert Westphal,
narrator; Rundfunkchor
Berlin (Dietrich Knothe, director);
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
(Jörg-Peter Weigle, director);
Prager Männerchor
(Miroslav Kosler, director);
Dresdner Philharmonie;
members of the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Leipzig; Herbert Kegel, conductor
(recorded: Studio Lukaskirche, Dresden, East Germany, 5
August 1986) (I/1:08:22 (OV/8:03 + 1-6/24:49
+ 7-9/15:09 + OZ/7:55 + 10/12:36)
+ II/11/5:16 + III/47:35 (12-14/12:37
+ 15-18/19:45 + SWJ/15:13
(OV/3:16 + HG/5:48 + 19/6:09))
= 2:01:23)
- *Eterna 7 29 111/12
digital stereo (1989) LP (I/1:08:22 (OV/8:03
+ 1-6/24:49 + 7-9/15:09
+ OZ/7:55 + 10/12:36)
+ II/11/5:16 + III/47:35 (12-14/12:37
+ 15-18/19:45 + SWJ/15:13
(OV/3:16 + HG/5:48 + 19/6:09))
= 2:01:23)
- *Berlin Classics 0090172BC
stereo DDD (1997) 2 CD (I/1:08:31 (OV/8:04
+ 1/4:29 + 2/3:31 + 3/3:16
+ 4/3:13 + 5/3:03 + 6/4:45
+ 7/6:46 + 8/6:12 + 9/4:42
+ OZ/7:51+10/12:39) +
II/11/5:24 + III/47:31 (12/2:55
+ 13/3:14 + 14/6:25 +
15/3:20 + 16/6:49 + 17/2:45
+ 18/6:51 + SWJ/15:11
(OV/3:16 + HG/5:47 + 19/6:08))
= 2:01:26)
- *Edel Classics 0002752CCC stereo DDD (2004) 2 CD (2:01:26)
- Elizabeth Connell, soprano
(Tove); Jard van Nes,
mezzo-soprano (Waldtaube); Paul Frey,
tenor (Waldemar); Volker Vogel,
tenor (Klaus-Narr); Walton Grönroos,
bass (Bauer); Hans Franzen, narrator;
Chor
des Norddeutschen Rundfunks Hamburg (Werner Hagen,
director); Chor
des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Michael Gläser,
director); Opernchor
der Städtischen Bühnen Frankfurt am Main (Volkmar Olbrich,
director); Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester
Frankfurt; Eliahu Inbal, conductor
(recorded: Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany, 23-25
May 1990) (I/58:26 + II/11/4:41
+ III/44:56 = 1:47:55)
- Eva Marton, soprano (Tove);
Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano
(Waldtaube); Gary Lakes, tenor
(Waldemar); Jon Garrison, tenor
(Klaus-Narr); John Cheek, bass
(Bauer); Hans Hotter, narrator;
New York Choral Artists
(Joseph Flummerfelt, director);
New York Philharmonic;
Zubin Mehta, conductor (recorded:
Avery Fischer Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, 23-28
May 1991) (I/58:47 (OV/7:14 + 1/4:03
+ 2/2:49 + 3/3:25 + 4/2:10
+ 5/2:23 + 6/3:59 + 7/5:41
+ 8/4:46 + 9/4:10 + OZ/5:48
+ 10/12:19) + II/11/4:16
+ III/43:30 (12/2:41 + 13/3:37
+ 14/5:13 + 15/3:32 + 16/6:36
+ 17/2:23 + 18/5:53 + SWJ/13:33
(OV/2:15 + HG/5:45 + 19/5:33))
= 1:46:33)
- *Sony Classical S2K 48077
stereo DDD (1992) CD
- *Sony Classical SB2K 89902 stereo DDD (2002) 2 CD
- Sharon Sweet, soprano (Tove);
Marjana Lipovsek, mezzo-soprano
(Waldtaube); Siegfried Jerusalem,
tenor (Waldemar); Philip Langridge,
tenor (Klaus-Narr); Hartmut Welker,
baritone (Bauer); Barbara Sukowa,
narrator; Vienna
State Opera Concert Chorus (Dietrich D. Gerpheide,
director); Arnold Schönberg
Choir (Erwin Ortner, director);
Slovakian Philharmonic
Choir, Bratislava (Jan Rozehnal,
director); Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra; Claudio Abbado,
conductor (recorded: live, Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, Austria, May
1992) (I/59:50 (OV/6:50 + 1/4:01
+ 2/2:45 + 3/3:35 + 4/2:22
+ 5/2:24 + 6/4:08 + 7/6:09
+ 8/5:31 + 9/4:21 + OZ/5:49
+ 10/11:55) + II/11/4:55
+ III/42:14 (12/2:52 + 13/3:06
+ 14/5:48 + 15/3:14 + 16/6:45
+ 17/2:25 + 18/4:13 + SWJ/13:36
(OV/3:51 + HG/5:13 + 19/4:32))
= 1:46:59)
- *Deutsche Gramophon 439
944-2 GH2 stereo DDD (1995) CD
- *Musical Heritage Society 524378M
stereo DDD (1997) CD
- Deborah Voigt, soprano
(Tove); Jennifer Larmore,
voice (Waldtaube); Thomas Moser,
tenor (Waldemar); Kenneth Riegel,
voice (Klaus-Narr); Bernd Weikl,
voice (Bauer); Klaus Maria Brandauer,
narrator; Chor
der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden (Matthias Brauer,
director); Chor
des Mitteldeutschen Rundfunks Leipzig (Jürgen Puschbeck,
director); Prager Männerchor
(Miroslav Kosler, director);
Staatskapelle Dresden;
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor
(recorded: Semperoper, Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden, Germany, August
1995) (I/1:04:09 (OV/6:54 + 1/4:26
+ 2/3:22 + 3/3:39 + 4/2:47
+ 5/2:39 + 6/3:52 + 7/6:42
+ 8/5:27 + 9/4:46 + OZ/6:08
+ 10/13:29) + II/11/5:28
+ III/43:38 (12/2:51 + 13/3:07
+ 14/5:18 + 15/3:33 + 16/6:33
+ 17/2:58 + 18/5:56 + SWJ/13:15
(OV/2:50 + HG/5:14 + 19/5:11))
= 1:53:15)
- Deborah Voigt, soprano (Tove); Waltraud Meier, mezzo-soprano (Waldtaube); Ben Heppner, tenor (Waldemar); Matthew Polenzani, tenor (Klaus-Narr); Eike Wilm Schulte, bass baritone (Bauer); Ernst Haefliger, narrator; Philharmonischer Chor München (Andreas Hermann, director); Herrenchor der Bamberger Symphoniker (Rolf Beck, director); Münchner Philharmoniker; James Levine, conductor (recorded: live, Philharmonie im Gesteig, Munich, Germany, 18-19 & 21 July 2001) (I/1:03:09 (OV/7:25 + 1/4:11 + 2/3:16 + 3/3:10 + 4/2:30 + 5/2:35 + 6/3:52 + 7/7:34 + 8/5:11 + 9/5:10 + OZ/6:10 + 10/11:59) + II/11/5:06 + III/47:00 (12/2:41 + 13/3:39 + 14/4:18 + 15/5:16 + 16/7:14 + 17/2:56 + 18/6:34 + SWJ/14:18 (OV/2:36 + HG/5:56 + 19/5:46) = 1:55:15)
- *Oehms Classics OC 501 stereo DDD (2004) 2 CD
- *Oehms Classics OC 509 stereo DDD (2004) 12 CD
- Karita Mattila, soprano (Tove);
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
(Waldtaube); Thomas Moser, tenor
(Waldemar); Philip Langridge,
tenor (Klaus-Narr); Thomas Quasthoff,
bass baritone (Bauer) & narrator; Rundfunkchor
Berlin (Simon Halsey, director);
MDR Rundfunkchor, Leipzig
(Howard Arman, director); male
voices of the Ernst
Senff Chor Berlin (Sigurd Brauns,
director); Simon Halsey, director;
Berliner Philharmoniker;
Simon Rattle, conductor (recorded:
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany, September
2001) (I/59:46 (OV/6:56 + 1/4:19
+ 2/3:12 + 3/3:02 + 4/2:39
+ 5/2:21 + 6/3:37 + 7/6:07
+ 8/4:55 + 9/4:21 + OZ/5:22
+ 10/12:48) + II/11/4:42
+ III/45:46 (12/2:08 + 13/3:55
+ 14/5:48 + 15/3:23 + 16/6:32
+ 17/2:50 + 18/6:30 + SWJ/14:30
(OV/2:45 + HG/6:12 + 19/5:33)
= 1:50:14)
- *EMI Classics (7243) (CDS) (PM 541) 5
57303 2 (9) stereo DDD (2002) 2 CD
- *EMI Classics (7243) 5 86501 2 (9) stereo DDD (2004) CD (5+6/6:05)
- Melanie Diener, soprano (Tove);
Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano (Waldtaube);
Stephen O'Mara, tenor (Waldemar);
Martyn Hill, tenor (Klaus-Narr);
David Wilson-Johnson, bass
(Bauer); Ernst Haefliger, narrator;
Simon Joly Chorale; The
Philharmonia; Robert Craft,
conductor (recorded: Colosseum, Watford, England, 16-20
October 2001) (I/1:06:43 (OV/7:01 + 1/4:09
+ 2/3:28 + 3/3:36 + 4/2:43
+ 5/2:31 + 6/5:24 + 7/6:43
+ 8/7:07 + 9/4:52 + OZ/3:13
+ 10/12:56) + II/11/5:04
+ III/45:48 (12/2:33 + 13/3:12
+ 14/6:38 + 15/3:22 + 16/7:31
+ 17/2:59 + 18/5:50 + SWJ/11:45
(OV/2:59 + HG-19/8:46)) =
1:57:35)
- *Koch International Classics KIC-CD-7542
stereo DDD (2002) 2 CD
- *Naxos 8.557518-19 stereo DDD (2004) 2 CD (I/1:06:48 (OV/7:06 + 1/4:08 + 2/3:25 + 3/3:37 + 4/2:43 + 5/2:31 + 6/5:25 + 7/6:43 + 8/7:07 + 9/4:51 + OZ/6:14 + 10/12:56) + II/11/5:09 + III/45:51 (12/2:34 + 13/3:13 + 14/6:38 + 15/3:22 + 16/7:31 + 17/2:59 + 18/5:50 + SWJ/13:45 (OV-HG/8:46 + 19/4:59)) = 1:57:48)