Le Grand Macabre / Gyorgy Ligeti ; Gyorgy Ligeti (Dieter Weller, bass ; Herbert Prikopa, baritone ; Peter Haage, tenor ; Penelope Walmsley-Clark, soprano ; Olive Fredricks, soprano ; Christa Puhlmann-Richter, mezzo-soprano ; Kevin Smith, counter-tenor ; Ude Krekow, bass ; Eirian Davies, soprano ; Ernst Leopold Strachwitz, narrator ; Johann Leutgeb, baritone ; Ernst Salzer, baritone ; Laszlo Modos, baritone ; Elgar Howarth, conductor ; Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Arnold Schoenberg Choir ; Austrian Radio Chorus ; Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children's Choir).
Note
Wergo: WER 6170-2--WER 6171-2 (additional no. on container: 286 170-2).
Opera in two acts.
Libretto by Michael Meschke and György Ligeti, a free rendition of Michel de Ghelderode's La balade du grand macabre.
Libretto in German with English translation (93, 91 p.) inserted in slipcase and program notes by Ulrich Dibelius in German with English and French translations (28 p.) laid in container.
Event (note)
Recorded Oct. 16, 1987 in the Grossen Konzerthaussaal, Vienna.
Language (note)
Sung in German.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Ligeti, György, 1923-2006.
Title
Le grand macabre [electronic resource] / György Ligeti.
Imprint
Mainz [Germany] : Wergo, p1991.
Playing time
015700
Performer
Dieter Weller, baritone ; Penelope Walmsley-Clark, soprano ; Olive Fredricks, mezzo-soprano ; Peter Haage, tenor ; Christa Puhlamann-Richter, Kevin Smith, Ude Krekow, Eirian Davies, Herbert Prikopa, Ernst Leopold Strachwitz, Johann Leutgeb, Ernst Salzer, Laszlo Modos, supporting soloists ; ORF-Chor ; Arnold Schönberg-Chor ; Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen ; ORF-Symphonie-Orchester ; Elgar Howarth, conductor.
Event
Recorded Oct. 16, 1987 in the Grossen Konzerthaussaal, Vienna.