Der Kreidekreis / Zemlinsky ; Text: Klabund.

Author/creator Zemlinsky, Alexander composer.
Format Audio (CD)
PublicationKönigsdorf : Capriccio, [1991]
Copyright Date℗1991
Description2 audio discs (124 min., 12 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorKlabund, 1890-1928, librettist.
Other author/creatorBehle, Renate, performer.
Other author/creatorLindsley, Celina, performer.
Other author/creatorOttenthal, Gertrud, performer.
Other author/creatorSchreckenbach, Gabriele, performer.
Other author/creatorBorris, Kaja, performer.
Other author/creatorGoldberg, Reiner, performer.
Other author/creatorPeter, Uwe, performer.
Other author/creatorLorenz, Siegfried, 1945- performer.
Other author/creatorHelm, Hans, performer.
Other author/creatorHermann, Roland, performer.
Other author/creatorSaks, Gidon, performer.
Other author/creatorMok, Warren, performer.
Other author/creatorMorgny, Bengt-Ola, performer.
Other author/creatorMatić, Peter, speaker.
Other author/creatorSoltesz, Stefan, 1949-2022, conductor.
Other author/creatorMorgener, Jörg, writer of added commentary.
Other author/creatorWeber, Horst, 1944- writer of added commentary.
Other author/creatorRadio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, performer.
Contents Disc 1 (72:32). Erster Akt = Act one. "Ich bitte untertänigst, mich vorstellen zu dürfen" = "I most humbly beg to be allowed to introduce myself" (Tong, Mädchen) (3:37) -- "Mein Schwester naht, die Dämmerung" = "My sister, dusk, approaches" (Tong, Haitang, Frau Tschang) (7:38) -- "Ich habe Dich, Schwester, gesucht" = "Sister, I have been searching for you" (Tschang-Ling, Haitang, Frau Tschang, Tong) (3:40) -- "Am Ufer hinter Weiden" = "On the bank behind the willows" (Haitang) (1:59) -- "Ich bin ein Abenteurer" = "I am an adventurer" (Pao) (0:57) -- "Ich hörte eine Nachtigall" = "I heard a nightingale" (Pao, Haitang) (4:57) -- "Hier ist ein Stück Kreide" = "Here is a piece of chalk" (Haitang, Pao) (5:06) -- "Mein Name ist Ma" = "My name is Ma" (Ma) (2:19) -- "Eine neue Blume im Garten des Herrn Tong" = "A new flower in Mr. Tong's garden" (Ma, Tong, Pao, Haitang) (5:08) -- Zweiter Akt = Act two. Vorspiel = Prelude (0:55) -- "Mein Name ist Yü-Pei" = "My name is Yu-Pei" (Frau Ma, Tschao) (6:31) -- "Ich bat dich bei unserer letzten Zusammenkunft" = "At our last meeting I begged you" (Frau Ma, Tschao) (1:47) -- "Tschao-hai nennt man mich" = "I am called Chow-hai" (Tschao, Ma) (4:27) -- "Ich bitte Platz zu nehmen" = "Please be seated" (Ma, Tschao, Frau Ma) (2:08) -- "Nun bin ich gegangen" = "Now I have gone" (Tschang-Ling) (3:48) -- "Was will der fremde Mann am Zaun?" = "What does the stranger at the fence want?" (Haitang, Tschang-Ling) (4:59) -- "Sie sprachen am Gartenzaun" = "You were speaking at the garden fence" (Frau Ma, Haitang) (2:49) -- "Darf ich eine Frage an meinen Herrn richten?" = "May I address a question to my lord?" (Frau Ma, Ma, Haitang) (5:39) -- "Sie wollen Tee trinken, gnädiger Herr?" = "Will you take tea, sir?" (Frau Ma, Haitang, Ma) (1:36) -- "Mein lieber Mann" = "My dear husband" (Haitang, Frau Ma, Tschao, Ein Polizist, Tschang-Ling) (2:15).
Contents Disc 2 (51:40). Dritter Akt = Act three. Vorspiel = Prelude (1:44) -- "Mein Name ist Tschu-tschu" = My name is Chu-chu" (Tschu-Tschu) (2:17) -- "Ich bitte um Vergebung" = "I beg your forgiveness" (Tschao, Tschu-Tschu) (1:32) -- "Vorsicht, treten Sie nicht in den Kreidekreis" = "Take care, don't tread in the chalk circle" (Frau Ma, Hebamme, Zwei Kulis) (5:19) -- "Tschang-Haitang, Tochter des Tschang" = "Chang-Haitang, daughter of Chang" (Haitang, Frau Ma, Tschu-Tschu) (3:29) -- "Wir wollen zu diesem Punkt vernehmen" = "On this point we wish to examine" (Tschu-Tschu, Hebamme, Frau Ma, Haitang) (2:55) -- "Hoher Gerichtshof" = "Noble court of justice" (Zwei Kulis, Haitang, Tschu-Tschu, Frau Ma) (1:37) -- "Himmlisches Licht" = "Heavenly light" (Haitang, Frau Ma, Tschu-Tschu, Kurier, Tschang-Ling) (5:26) -- Zwischenspiel = Episode (1:14) -- "Soldat, Du bist mein Kamerad" = "Soldier, you are my comrade" (1. & 2. Soldat, Haitang) (2:01) -- "Höre mich, Sturm!" = "Hear me, storm!" (Haitang, 1., 2., 3., 4. Soldat, Tschang-Ling) (3:39) -- "Soldat, Du bist mein Kamerad" = "Soldier, you are my comrade" (1. Soldat) (1:36) -- "Hier auf den Stufen meines Tribunals" = "Here on the steps of my tribunal" (Kaiser, Tschang-Ling, Tschu-Tschu) (3:15) -- "Diese Dame soll ihren Mann ermordet..." = "This lady is to have murdered her husband" (Kaiser, Tschu-Tschu, Tschao, Haitang, Frau Ma) (2:40) -- "Und nun, Ihr beiden Frauen" = "And now, you two women" (Kaiser) (1:11) -- "Ich habe dieses Kind unter meinem Herzen getragen" = "I have carried this child under my heart" (Haitang, Kaiser, Frau Ma, Tschao, Tschu-Tschu) (3:19) -- "Mein Kind! Mein Kind!" = "My child! My child!" (Haitang, Kaiser) (2:11) -- "In jener Nacht" = "Do you remember the night" (Kaiser, Haitang) (4:37) -- "Mein Mondkind! Mein Sonnenkind!" = "My moon-child! My sun-child!" (Kaiser, Haitang) (1:28).
General noteOpera in 3 acts.
General noteEdition recorded: Wien: Universal Edition.
General noteCo-Produktion RSO Berlin-RIAS-Capriccio.
General noteCompact discs.
General noteProgram notes by Jörg Morgener and Horst Weber, biographical notes on the conductor, synopsis, and libretto in German with English translation (90 pages : portraits) laid in container.
Performer Renate Behle, Celina Lindsley, Gertrud Ottenthal, soprano ; Gabriele Schreckenbach, Kaja Borris, alto ; Reiner Goldberg, Uwe Peter, Warren Mok, Bengt-Ola Morgny, tenor ; Siegfried Lorenz, Hans Helm, Gidon Saks, baritone ; Roland Hermann, bass baritone ; Peter Matić ; Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin ; Stefan Soltesz, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany, 1990 February 12-16.
LanguageSung in German.
LCCN 92760647
Standard identifier# 4006408600169
Publisher number60 016 Capriccio
Publisher number60 016-1 Capriccio (disc 1)
Publisher number60 016-2 Capriccio (disc 2 and container)

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