Der Lindberghflug / Kurt Weill ; text: Bertolt Brecht (38:20) -- The ballad of Magna Carta / Kurt Weill ; text: Maxwell Anderson (15:26) -- Der Lindberghflug : first version / Kurt Weill & Paul Hindemith ; text: Bertolt Brecht (18:54).
Note
The 1st and 2nd works are cantatas; 3rd work is the orginal version of the 1st work. It was withdrawn by Weill and replaced by his complete setting.
Text of Der Lindberghflug by Bertolt Brecht; text of the Ballad of Magna Carta by Maxwell Anderson.
Eds. recorded: Wien : Universal (1st work); N.Y.C. [i.e. New York City] : Hampshire House (2nd work).
Event (note)
Recorded Oct. 1987 at the Funkhaus, Cologne (1st-2nd work); radio broadcast, Mar. 18, 1930, Berlin (3rd work).
Author
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
Title
Der Lindberghflug ; Magna Carta / Weill. Der Lindberghflug / Weill, Hindemith [electronic resource].
Imprint
[Königsdorf, Germany] : Capriccio, [2009]
Series
Naxos Music Library.
Capriccio.
Performer
In the 1st work: Wolfgang Schmidt as Lindbergh ; Herbert Feckler, Lorenz Minth, Christoph Scheeben, soloists ; Pro Musica Köln ; Kölner Rundfunkorchester ; Jan Latham-König, conductor. In the 2nd work: Jane Henschel, narrator ; Noel Tyl as King John ; Joachim Calaminus, Helmut Clemens, soloists ; Pro Musica Köln ; Kölner Rundfunkorchester ; Jan Latham-König, conductor. In the 3rd work: Ernst Ginsberg, narrator ; Betty Mergler, Erik Wirl, Fritz Düttbernd, Gerhard Pechner, soloists ; Berliner Funkchor ; Berliner Funkorchester ; Hermann Scherchen, conductor.
Event
Recorded Oct. 1987 at the Funkhaus, Cologne (1st-2nd work); radio broadcast, Mar. 18, 1930, Berlin (3rd work).