Thomas Hengelbrock; Balthasar Neumann-Choir & Orchestra
Release Date: 12 January 2024
Label: Prospero Classical
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4262353970485
Description
In November 2022, there was a memorable performance at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden: Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni, undoubtedly one of the most important key works of musical verismo. For the first time the audience could experience the work as it was performed at its premiere in Rome in 1890.
Conductor Thomas Hengelbrock had reversed cuts and restored the original vocal range of some of the singers' parts. Meticulous study of the autograph score enabled him to implement the composer's original instructions and intentions in an exemplary manner. He was supported in this by his Balthasar Neumann Choir and Orchestra, trained in "historically informed performance practice", as well as by a topclass ensemble of young soloists.
The result sounds exciting and stirring, and also excitingly new.
Tracklisting
Solomon's Knot
Alexandre Foster; Heinz Holliger
Die Freitagsakademie
Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Philharmonia Zurich
Anna Bonitatibus; Adele D'Aronzo
Kathrin Hottinger; Edward Rushton
Ilker Arcayurek, Simon Lepper
Daria Parkhomenko
Maria Callas
Soloists; Eroica Berlin; Jakob Lehmann
Luigi De Donato; Collegium 1704; Vaclav Luks
Anna Moffo; Cesare Valletti; Fernando Corena; Erich Leinsdorf
Soloists; Orchestre classique de Montreal; Alain Trudel
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi, Natalia Rubis, Pawel Konik, Krzysztof Baczyk, Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi, Jan Martinik, Olga Pasiecznik, Stanislav Kufliuk, Mariusz Godlewski, Adam Palka, Podlasie Opera Philharmonic Choir
The Norwegian National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Terje Boye Hansen
