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Korngold: Die Tote Stadt / Segerstam, Et Al


Release Date: 08/05/1997 
Label:  Naxos   Catalog #: 8660060-61   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Performer:  Thomas Sunnegardh,  Katarina Dalayman,  Anders Bergstrom,  Ingrid Tobiasson,   ... 
Conductor:  Leif Segerstam
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Stockholm Opera Orchestra,  Royal Stockholm Opera Chorus,  Tomtberga School Children's Choir
Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 2 Hours 5 Mins. 

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Notes and Editorial Reviews

REVIEWS:
American Record Guide (11-12/97, p.145) - "...This new Naxos comes from 1996 stage performances at the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm. It doesn't have such luxurious casting as the RCA version, but it's a worthy performance....Segerstam's conducting adds much to the powerful impact of this madly passionate opera..." REVIEWS:
American Record Guide (11-12/97, p.145) - "...This new Naxos comes from 1996 stage performances at the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm. It doesn't have such luxurious casting as the RCA version, but it's a worthy performance....Segerstam's conducting adds much to the powerful impact of this madly passionate opera..." Read less

Works on This Recording

1. Die tote Stadt, Op 12 by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Performer:  Thomas Sunnegardh (Tenor), Katarina Dalayman (Soprano), Anders Bergstrom (Baritone),
Ingrid Tobiasson (Mezzo Soprano), Per Arne Wahlgren (Baritone), Hilde Leidland (Soprano),
Anna Tomson (Mezzo Soprano), Lars-Erik Jonsson (Tenor), Ulrik Quale (Tenor)
Conductor:  Leif Segerstam
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Stockholm Opera Orchestra,  Royal Stockholm Opera Chorus,  Tomtberga School Children's Choir
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1920; Vienna, Austria 
 Date of Recording: 1996 
Venue:  Live  Royal Swedish Opera House, Stockholm 
Length: 124 Minutes 39 Secs. 
Language: German 

Sound Samples

Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Act I: Behutsam!
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Act I: Frank! Freund!
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Act I: Nur deiner harr ich, niemals Verlorne!
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Act I: Rosen - so ists rechts!
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Act I: Wunderbar!
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Act I: Gluck, das mir verblieb
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Act I: Marietta!
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Act II: Prelude
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Act II: Was ward aus mir?
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Act II: Wohin? Frank - du?
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Act II: Schaume, schaume
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Act II: Mein Sehnen, mein Wahnen
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Act II: Du machst mir eine Szene?
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Act III: Prelude
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Act III: Dich sich ich, Bild!
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Act III: Du hier?
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Act III: Die Tote-wo-lag sie nicht hier

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