Archiv Produktion: 289 457 660-2 (289 457 661-2--289 457 662-2). The 1st work is for chorus and soloists with orchestra, the 2nd for chorus and orchestra, and the 3rd work is an oratorio. Text of the 1st work by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (from Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, book 8, chapter 8), of the 2nd by Friedrich Hebbel, and of the 3rd by Emil Flechsig and the composer (based on Thomas Moore's Lalla Rookh). William Dazeley, baritone ; members of the Hanover Boys' Choir (1st work) ; Barbara Bonney, Alexandra Coku, sopranos ; Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano ; Christoph Prégardien, Neill Archer, tenors ; Gerald Finley, baritone ; Cornelius Hauptmann, bass (3rd work) ; Monteverdi Choir ; Orchestre révolutionnaire et romantique ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor. Recorded Mar.-Apr. 1997 (3rd work) and Oct. 1997 (1st and 2nd works), Main Hall, Colosseum, Watford. Compact discs. Texts in German with English translations and program notes in English (40 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
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