Album 1995 on Sony Classical label
Classical (Opera, Modern)
SBM - Super Bit Mapping For this recording 20-bit technology was used for "high definition sound". World Premiere Recording. August 20-26, 1994 at the Jesus Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem. Cover Painting: Gottfried Helnwein: Watercolor, "Der Traum". Manufactured in Austria. Printed in Holland. Comes with a 155 page booklet and cardboard slipcase. The booklet includes photographies, libretti in English, German, French and Italian and the following essays in the same languages: - "Berthold Goldschmidt's Beatrice Cenci: The Discovery of an Opera" by Helen Lawrence - "Die tugendhafte Mörderin: Zur Faszination einer Renaissance-Figur" by Albrecht Dümling - "The Historical Cenci" and "The Composer" by Bernard Keeffe - "Berthold Goldschmidt: Ein Musen-Breviar" by Cordelia Dvořák - "The Opera" "Synopsis" and "Berthold Goldschmidt: Four Songs" by Bernard Keeffe Playing time: 75'02 (Disc 1), 45'58 (Disc 2)
![]() | Berthold Goldschmidt p, 1903-1996 DE composed by, liner notes, german libretto, piano, translated by, album by |
![]() | Simon Estes voc, *1938 US bass vocals, count cenci, album by |
![]() | Della Jones voc, *1946 GB mezzo-soprano vocals, lucrezia, album by |
![]() | Roberta Alexander voc, *1949 US soprano vocals, beatrice, album by |
![]() | Rundfunkchor Berlin , DE chorus, album by |
![]() | Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin , US orchestra, album by |
![]() | Lothar Zagrosek , *1942 DE conductor, album by |
![]() | Ralf Lukas voc, b, DE baritone vocals, marzio, carpenter ii |
![]() | Stefan Stoll baritone vocals, prince colonna, andrea |
![]() | Peter Rose voc, b, bass vocals, cardinal camillo |
![]() | Martin Esslin , 1918-2002 AT libretto by |
![]() | Albrecht Dümling , *1949 DE liner notes, die tugendhafte mörderin |
![]() | Cordelia Dvořák liner notes, ein musen-breviar |
![]() | Griffin Anderson , liner notes, english translation: dümling, dvořák |
![]() | Jacques Fournier , liner notes, french translation: l'action, quatre mélodies, libretti |
![]() | Marielle Ostendorf , liner notes, french translation |
![]() | Stefan Lerche , liner notes, german translation: lawrence, keeffe |
![]() | Kirsten Niebuhr liner notes, german translation |
![]() | Claudio Maria Perselli , liner notes, italian translation: texts, libretti |
![]() | Bernard Keefe , liner notes, the historical cenci, the composer, the opera, synopsis, four songs |
![]() | Fiona Kimm mezzo-soprano vocals, bernado |
![]() | Guido Reni , 1575-1642 IT painting, beatrice cenci, ascribed to |
![]() | Fabi Mancini photography by, beatrice cenci |
![]() | Reinhard Friedrich , 1928-2014 DE photography by, concert performance, goldschmidt, singers |
![]() | Susesch Bayat , CH photography by, zagrosek |
![]() | Iris Vermillion voc, *1960 DE soprano vocals |
![]() | Ian Bostridge voc, *1964 GB tenor vocals, a singer |
![]() | John David De Haan voc, tenor vocals, judge |
![]() | Endrik Wottrich voc, 1964-2017 DE tenor vocals, orsino |
![]() | Percy Bysshe Shelley , 1792-1822 GB text by, libretto after "the cenci" by, words by |
![]() | David Griffith vocals, officer, carpenter i |
![]() | Reinhard Beyer vocals, olimpio |
![]() | Rupert Brooke , 1887-1915 GB words by |
![]() | Christian Morgenstern , 1871-1914 DE words by, from "melencolia" |
David Montgomery booklet editor |
Robin Gritton chorus master |
C.C. Garbers design, cover |
Gabriele Starke engineer |
Toni Fiedler engineer, edited by |
Helen Lawrence liner notes, the discovery of an opera |
Michael Kempter mastered by |
Gottfried Helnwein painting, cover |
Michael Haas producer |
Berthold Goldschmidt |
Bernard Keefe |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Beatrice Cenci: Opera In Three Acts | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | ||
2 | Introduction | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 2:05 | |
3 | Act 1, Scene 1 | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | ||
4 | Lucrezia: "My Gentle Beatrice" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 2:59 | |
5 | Beatrice: "What Has Your Father Done" - Trio: "Ours Is An Evil Lot" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 4:04 | |
6 | Camillo: "His Holiness The Pope" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 4:03 | |
7 | Beatrice: "Orsino, Two Long Years" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 3:34 | |
8 | Orsino: "Farewell" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 2:53 | |
9 | Act 1, Scene 2 | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | ||
10 | Cenci: "Princes And Cardinals" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 3:02 | |
11 | Entrance Of The Dancers - The Singer's Arietta | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 2:12 | |
12 | Cenci: "A Charming Song" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 6:14 | |
13 | Cenci's Arietta: "Oh, You Bright Wine" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 6:43 | |
14 | Introduction | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 1:59 | |
15 | Act 2 | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | ||
16 | Cenci's Arietta: "The Beautiful Blue Heaven" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 2:03 | |
17 | Lucrezia: "What Ails You, My Poor Child?" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 4:32 | |
18 | Lucrezia: "Orsino" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 4:32 | |
19 | Cenci: "Beatrice" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 8:27 | |
20 | Lucrezia: "He Is Asleep" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 3:08 | |
21 | Beatrice: "They Come Not Yet?" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 4:32 | |
22 | Servants (Chorus): "Who Knocks At This Late Hour" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 7:42 | |
23 | Act 3, Scene 1 | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | ||
24 | Bernardo: "Oh Mother" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 2:28 | |
25 | Camillo: "Lucrezia Cenci" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 5:27 | |
26 | Beatrice: "How Very Friendless" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 4:33 | |
27 | Nocturne | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 3:32 | |
28 | Camillo: "The Pope Is Stern" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 3:19 | |
29 | Beatrice's Arietta: "False Friend" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 4:26 | |
30 | Interlude | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 1:37 | |
31 | Act 3, Scene 2 | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | ||
32 | 2nd Carpenter: "Look, How The Sun" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 3:20 | |
33 | Beatrice: "Farewell, My Tender Brother" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 2:45 | |
34 | Camillo: "They Have Fulfilled Their Fate" | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 4:41 | |
35 | Four Lieder | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | ||
36 | Four Songs | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | ||
37 | Clouds | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 3:49 | |
38 | A Sprig Of Roses | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 1:13 | |
39 | Fogweaving | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 2:14 | |
40 | Time | Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek | 2:11 |