Rihm - Die Hamletmaschine | Wergo WER61952

Rihm - Die Hamletmaschine

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Label: Wergo

Cat No: WER61952

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 2nd July 2012

Contents

Artists

Martina Borst
Carmen Fuggiss
Lech-Rudolf Gorywoda
Johannes M Kosters
Rudolf Kowalski
Kurt Muller-Graf
Gabriele Schnaut
Ulrike Sonntag
Chor und Orchester des Nationaltheaters Mannheim

Conductor

Peter Schneider

Works

Rihm, Wolfgang

Die Hamletmaschine

Artists

Martina Borst
Carmen Fuggiss
Lech-Rudolf Gorywoda
Johannes M Kosters
Rudolf Kowalski
Kurt Muller-Graf
Gabriele Schnaut
Ulrike Sonntag
Chor und Orchester des Nationaltheaters Mannheim

Conductor

Peter Schneider

About

These two CDs present a live recording of the premiere in the Nationaltheater Mannheim in March 1987. Under Peter Schneider as conductor and Friedrich Meyer-Oertel as stage director, the ensemble offers up a forceful performance. Revived with new artwork for Wolfgang Rihm's 60th birthday.

"Heiner Müller's text 'Die Hamletmaschine' from 1977 is an intellectual turning point, an 'endgame' of drama... time has become a lumpy sphere, and multi-layered images pass like an imaginary theatre. With his partly impetuous, partly excessive lyrical music, 'polluted' by quotes and pseudo-quotes and thus also being 'open', Wolfgang Rihm managed to 'grasp' this unwieldy text and achieve a great success at the world premiere of 'Die Hamletmaschine'." - Fono Forum

Cast:
- Kurt Müller-Graf (Hamlet I)
- Rudolf Kowalski (Hamlet II)
- Johannes M Kösters (Hamlet III)
- Gabriele Schnaut (Ophelia)
- Carmen Fuggiss (Ophelia-Double)
- Ulrike Sonntag (Ophelia-Double, Lenin)
- Martina Borst (Ophelia-Double; Mao)

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