Scenes from an incomplete oratorio. Libretto by the composer, Peter Cornelius, and others, after Lucjan Siemieński. Kristine Jepson, Teresa Buchholz, Liza Forrester, Stacey Rishoi, mezzo-sopranos ; Donnie Ray Albert, William McGraw, baritones ; Gustav Andreassen, bass ; Michael Chertock, organ ; May Festival Chorus ; Robert Porco, director of choruses ; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra ; James Conlon, conductor. Recorded May 26, 2003, Music Hall, Cincinnati. Edition recorded: Madison, Wis. : A-R Editions (Recent researches in the music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, volume 26) / edition by Paul Munson. "World premiere recording." Compact disc. Program notes and synopsis by Paul Munson in English, and libretto with English translation (15 pages : illustrations) in container.
Contents:
Scene I. Introduction ; Chorus, Qual und Lied ; Recitative, Kindlein! Was weinet ihr? ; Chorus, Beschütz uns ; Aria, Mein Sohn, o still des Volkes Not -- Scene IV. Orchestral interlude, Salve Polonia ; Orchestral interlude II, Salve Polonia ; Psalm 129 : De profundis ; Chorus, Salve Polonia.
Summary:
A devotional and political drama that recounts the legend of the conflict between King Bolesław II of Poland and Stanisław, martyred Bishop of Kraków and patron saint of Poland.
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