Description
Paul Hindemith – The Long Christmas Dinner = Das Lange Weihnachtsmahl / CD + 84-page booklet / Edition Paul Hindemith / WERGO Audio CD 2005 / WER 6676-2
UPC 4010228667622
The Long Christmas Dinner (German: Das lange Weihnachtsmahl) is an opera in one act by Paul Hindemith, with an English libretto by Thornton Wilder based on his 1931 play of the same name.
Wilder collaborated with the composer in order to make the text work effectively with the music. It is set for a chamber orchestra and a harpsichord.
| Label: | WERGO – WER 6676-2 |
|---|---|
| Series: | Edition Paul Hindemith |
| Format: |
CD, Album
|
| Country: | Germany |
| Released: |
2005 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Modern |
Tracklist:
| 1 | The Long Christmas Dinner |
47:27 |
- Alto Vocals [Alto (Mother Bayard, Ermengarde)] – Ursula Hesse Von Den Steinen
- Baritone Vocals [Baritone (Roderick, Sam)] – Herman Wallén
- Bass Vocals [Bass (Brandon)] – Arutjun Kotchinian
- Composed By – Paul Hindemith
- Conductor – Marek Janowski
- Engineer – Susanne Beyer
- Libretto By – Thornton Wilder
- Libretto By [German Version By] – Paul Hindemith
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Mezzo-Soprano (Genevieve)] – Rebecca Martin (3)
- Orchestra – Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
- Producer – Wolfram Nehls
- Soprano Vocals [High Soprano (Leonora)] – Michaela Kaune
- Soprano Vocals [Soprano (Lucia, Lucia II)] – Ruth Ziesak
- Tenor Vocals [Tenor (Charles)] – Christian Elsner
- Tenor Vocals [Tenor (Roderick II)] – Corby Welch
