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Fortner: Bluthochzeit (Blood Wedding) [Opera]

1/21/2008, 13 Tracks, 1:56:12

Featuring

  • Günter Wand
  • Anny Schlemm
  • Wilhelm Otto
  • Ernst Grathwol
  • Natalie Hinsch-Gröndahl
  • Emmy Lisken
  • Irmgard Gerz
  • Alexander Schoedler
  • Hildegunt Walther
  • Johanna Koch-Bauer
  • Anita Westhoff
  • Ernst Hammerstaedt
  • Herbert Bartel
  • Martin Häusler
  • Karl Schiebener
  • Gerhard Nathge
  • Helga Jenckel
  • Sylvia Maurick
  • Ruth Hoen
  • Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
  • Chor der Oper Köln
  • Wolfgang Fortner

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Composer Biography

Wolfgang Fortner (1907-1987) is the composer of the work "Bluthochzeit" (Blood Wedding) featured on this album.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The text for Wolfgang Fortner's "Bluthochzeit" is by Federico García Lorca, translated into German by Enrique Beck.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The recording features the Chor der Oper der Stadt Köln, with Hans Keller as the choirmaster, and the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Günter Wand is the conductor of the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln and the Chor der Oper der Stadt Köln on this recording.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

"Bluthochzeit" (Blood Wedding) is a poetic tragedy in two acts with seven scenes.

Source: Booklet

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