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Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek
Beatrice Cenci

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)

     
Musicians
PortraitBerthold Goldschmidt p, 1903-1996 DE
composed by, liner notes, german libretto, piano, translated by, album by
PortraitSimon Estes voc, *1938 US
bass vocals, count cenci, album by
PortraitDella Jones voc, *1946 GB
mezzo-soprano vocals, lucrezia, album by
PortraitRoberta Alexander voc, *1949 US
soprano vocals, beatrice, album by
PortraitRundfunkchor Berlin , DE
chorus, album by
PortraitDeutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin , US
orchestra, album by
PortraitLothar Zagrosek , *1942 DE
conductor, album by
PortraitRalf Lukas voc, b, DE
baritone vocals, marzio, carpenter ii
Stefan Stoll
baritone vocals, prince colonna, andrea
PortraitPeter Rose voc, b,
bass vocals, cardinal camillo
PortraitMartin Esslin , 1918-2002 AT
libretto by
PortraitAlbrecht Dümling , *1949 DE
liner notes, die tugendhafte mörderin
Cordelia Dvořák
liner notes, ein musen-breviar
PortraitGriffin Anderson ,
liner notes, english translation: dümling, dvořák
PortraitJacques Fournier ,
liner notes, french translation: l'action, quatre mélodies, libretti
PortraitMarielle Ostendorf ,
liner notes, french translation
PortraitStefan Lerche ,
liner notes, german translation: lawrence, keeffe
Kirsten Niebuhr
liner notes, german translation
PortraitClaudio Maria Perselli ,
liner notes, italian translation: texts, libretti
PortraitBernard Keefe ,
liner notes, the historical cenci, the composer, the opera, synopsis, four songs
Fiona Kimm
mezzo-soprano vocals, bernado
PortraitGuido Reni , 1575-1642 IT
painting, beatrice cenci, ascribed to
Fabi Mancini
photography by, beatrice cenci
PortraitReinhard Friedrich , 1928-2014 DE
photography by, concert performance, goldschmidt, singers
PortraitSusesch Bayat , CH
photography by, zagrosek
PortraitIris Vermillion voc, *1960 DE
soprano vocals
PortraitIan Bostridge voc, *1964 GB
tenor vocals, a singer
PortraitJohn David De Haan voc,
tenor vocals, judge
PortraitEndrik Wottrich voc, 1964-2017 DE
tenor vocals, orsino
PortraitPercy Bysshe Shelley , 1792-1822 GB
text by, libretto after "the cenci" by, words by
David Griffith
vocals, officer, carpenter i
Reinhard Beyer
vocals, olimpio
PortraitRupert Brooke , 1887-1915 GB
words by
PortraitChristian Morgenstern , 1871-1914 DE
words by, from "melencolia"
Producers
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
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Beatrice Cenci: Opera In Three ActsBerthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek
2IntroductionBerthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek2:05
3Act 1, Scene 1Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek
4Lucrezia: "My Gentle Beatrice"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek2:59
5Beatrice: "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 Zagrosek4:04
6Camillo: "His Holiness The Pope"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek4:03
7Beatrice: "Orsino, Two Long Years"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek3:34
8Orsino: "Farewell"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek2:53
9Act 1, Scene 2Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek
10Cenci: "Princes And Cardinals"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek3:02
11Entrance Of The Dancers - The Singer's AriettaBerthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek2:12
12Cenci: "A Charming Song"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek6:14
13Cenci's Arietta: "Oh, You Bright Wine"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek6:43
14IntroductionBerthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek1:59
15Act 2Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek
16Cenci's Arietta: "The Beautiful Blue Heaven"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek2:03
17Lucrezia: "What Ails You, My Poor Child?"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek4:32
18Lucrezia: "Orsino"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek4:32
19Cenci: "Beatrice"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek8:27
20Lucrezia: "He Is Asleep"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek3:08
21Beatrice: "They Come Not Yet?"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek4:32
22Servants (Chorus): "Who Knocks At This Late Hour"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek7:42
23Act 3, Scene 1Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek
24Bernardo: "Oh Mother"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek2:28
25Camillo: "Lucrezia Cenci"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek5:27
26Beatrice: "How Very Friendless"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek4:33
27NocturneBerthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek3:32
28Camillo: "The Pope Is Stern"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek3:19
29Beatrice's Arietta: "False Friend"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek4:26
30InterludeBerthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek1:37
31Act 3, Scene 2Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek
322nd Carpenter: "Look, How The Sun"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek3:20
33Beatrice: "Farewell, My Tender Brother"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek2:45
34Camillo: "They Have Fulfilled Their Fate"Berthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek4:41
35Four LiederBerthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek
36Four SongsBerthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek
37CloudsBerthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek3:49
38A Sprig Of RosesBerthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek1:13
39FogweavingBerthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek2:14
40TimeBerthold Goldschmidt / Simon Estes, Della Jones, Roberta Alexander, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek2:11
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