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CHAN 3094
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
Berg: Wozzeck
Running Time: 91:19
Release Date: May 2003
Originally recorded in July 2002
Composer (1885-1935)
Alban Berg
Alban Berg
Baritone Voice baritone - Wozzeck
Andrew Shore
Andrew Shore
Solo tenor - Drum Major
Alan Woodrow
Alan Woodrow
Solo tenor - Andres
Peter Bronder
Peter Bronder
Solo tenor - Captain
Stuart Kale
Stuart Kale
Solo bass - Doctor
Clive Bayley
Clive Bayley
Solo baritone - First Apprentice
Leslie John Flanagan
Leslie John Flanagan
Solo bass - Second Apprentice
Iain Paterson
Iain Paterson
Solo tenor - The Idiot
John Graham-Hall
John Graham-Hall
Solo soprano - Marie
Dame Josephine Barstow
Dame Josephine Barstow
Mezzo Voice mezzo-soprano - Margret
Jean Rigby
Jean Rigby
Choral
Susan Singh Choristers
Susan Singh Choristers
Choral
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor
Paul Daniel
Paul Daniel
Venue
Watford Colosseum
Watford Colosseum
Producer
Brian Couzens
Brian Couzens
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Engineer (Assistant)
Michael Common
Michael Common
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
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Opera - Wozzeck
ALBAN BERG
(1885-1935)Wozzeck
91:43
Opera in three acts (fifteen scenes), Op. 7
Libretto by Alban Berg after Georg Büchner's play Woyzeck
English translation by Richard Stokes
COMPACT DISC ONE
Act I
Scene 1
1.
'Slowly, Wozzeck, slowly!'
3:57
Captain, Wozzeck
2.
'Wozzeck, you are a decent man, and yet . . .'
4:44
Captain, Wozzeck
Scene 2
3.
'Andres! This place is accursed!'
3:12
Wozzeck, Andres
4.
'Listen. There's something moving there below us!'
3:08
Wozzeck, Andres
Scene 3
5.
Military music off-stage -
2:01
'Tschin, Bum, Tschin, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum!'
Marie, Margret
6.
'''What will you do now, poor lamb? . . .'''
2:02
Marie
7.
Marie sunk in thought - Knocking at the window -
4:03
'Who's there?'
Marie, Wozzeck
Scene 4
8.
'This is monstrous, Wozzeck!'
4:48
Doctor, Wozzeck
9.
'Wozzeck - Just like a lunatic!'
2:59
Doctor, Wozzeck
Scene 5
10.
'Show me how you parade!'
3:01
Marie, Drum Major
34:00
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act II
Scene 1
1.
'How they glisten brightly!'
3:02
Marie
2.
Wozzeck enters, unseen -
2:36
'What's that, there?'
Wozzeck, Marie
Scene 2
3.
'Why are you rushing, my dearest friend'
4:34
Captain, Doctor
4.
'Hey, Wozzeck!'
2:16
Doctor, Captain
5.
'But what are you trying to tell me, Herr Doktor'
3:06
Wozzeck, Captain, Doctor
Scene 3
6.
'God morning, Franz'
3:32
Marie, Wozzeck
7.
Scene change [Slow Ländler] - Tavern music onstage -
2:51
Scene 4
'I've got a shirt on, though it is not mine . . .'
First Apprentice, Second Apprentice
8.
Tavern music onstage -
1:48
'Him! Her! Damn!'
Wozzeck, Marie, Drum Major
9.
'A hunter from the Rhine'
1:42
Youths, Soldiers, Andres, Wozzeck
10.
'And yet, if a traveller pauses'
4:54
First Apprentice, Soldiers, Youths, Andres, The Idiot, Wozzeck
Scene 5
11.
'Mmmmmm'
2:05
Soldiers, Wozzeck, Andres
12.
'I am a man!'
2:42
Drum Major, Andres, A Soldier, Wozzeck
Act III
Scene 1
13.
'''And out of his mouth'''
1:49
Marie
14.
'''And once there was a lonely child'''
1:09
Marie
15.
'''And falling on her knees before Him'''
1:55
Marie
Scene 2
16.
'The town is over there'
2:53
Marie, Wozzeck
17.
The moon rises -
1:55
'How the moon rises red!'
Marie, Wozzeck
Scene 3
18.
'Dance, damn you!'
2:55
Wozzeck, Margret, A Youth, Wenches, Youths
Scene 4
19.
'The dagger? Where is the dagger?'
2:25
Wozzeck
20.
'I ought to wash myself clean'
2:15
Wozzeck, Captain, Doctor
21.
Scene change [Invention on a Key]
3:18
Scene 5 (last)
22.
'Ring-a-ring-a-roses, all fall down!'
1:56
Children, First Child, Second Child, Third Child, Marie's Boy
57:43
Solo: Alan Woodrow tenor - Drum Major
Solo: Peter Bronder tenor - Andres
Solo: Stuart Kale tenor - Captain
Solo: Clive Bayley bass - Doctor
Solo: Leslie John Flanagan baritone - First Apprentice
Solo: Iain Paterson bass - Second Apprentice
Solo: John Graham-Hall tenor - The Idiot
Solo: Dame Josephine Barstow soprano - Marie
Marie's Boy, Soldiers and Lads, Girld and Whores, Children
Choral: Susan Singh Choristers
Choral: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Paul Daniel
14-18 July 2002
