Goldschmidt - Beatrice Cenci - Lothar Zagrosek

Berthold Goldschmidt (1903-1996): Beatrice Cenci - Lothar Zagrosek - Deutsches SO Berlin
Opera | Contemporary | 2CD | EACRip | APE+LOG+CUE | Covers | RS.com | 526MB
Label: Sony | Year of release: 1995 | DDD

Beatrice Cenci, Opera in 3 Acts

Count Francesco Cenci: Simon Estes
Lucrezia: Della Jones
Beatrice: Roberta Alexander
Bernardo: Fiona Kimm
Orsino: Endrik Wottrich

Rundfunkchor Berlin
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Lothar Zagrosek

Amazon review:

This is the world-premiere recording of a 1951 opera by German composer Goldschmidt. Based on a play by Percy Bysshe Shelley, it centers around a late- Renaissance brute who is liked by the papacy (he's a major patron). When his first wife dies, he remarries and is then killed, in turn, by his beautiful daughter from his first marriage. Full of passion and intrigue, Beatrice Cenci is in some ways a throwback to Italian operas of the early 19th century, but it also has strong Mahlerian and Brucknerian flourishes. This is an excellent performance of a topnotch work. --Paul Cook



Tracklist:

Disc: 1

1. Intro
2. Act One: Scene 1: 'My Gentle Beatrice'
3. Act One: Scene 1: 'What Has Your Father Done' - 'Ours Is An Evil Lot'
4. Act One: Scene 1: 'His Holiness The Pope'
5. Act One: Scene 1: 'Orsino, Two Long Years'
6. Act One: Scene 1: 'Farewell'
7. Act One: Scene 2: 'Princes And Cardinals'
8. Act One: Scene 2: Entrance of the Dancers - The Singer's Arietta
9. Act One: Scene 2: 'A Charming Song'
10. Act One: Scene 2: 'Oh, You Bright Wine'
11. Intro
12. Act Two: 'The Beautiful Blue Heaven'
13. Act Two: 'What Ails You, My Poor Child?'
14. Act Two: 'Orsino!'
15. Act Two: 'Beatrice'
16. Act Two: 'He Is Asleep'
17. Act Two: 'The Come Not Yet?'
18. Act Two: 'Who Knocks At This Late Hour'

Disc: 2

1. Act Three: Scene 1: 'Oh Mother'
2. Act Three: Scene 1: 'Lucrezia Cenci'
3. Act Three: Scene 1: 'How Very Friendless'
4. Act Three: Scene 1: Nocturne
5. Act Three: Scene 1: 'The Pope Is Stern'
6. Act Three: Scene 1: 'False Friend'
7. Act Three: Scene 1: Interlude
8. Act Three: Scene 2: 'Look, How The Sun'
9. Act Three: Scene 2: 'Farewell, My Tender Brother'
10. Act Three: Scene 2: 'They Have Fulfilled Their Fate'
11. Four Songs: Clouds
12. Four Songs: A Sprig Of Roses
13. Four Songs: Fogweaving
14. Four Songs: Time



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