Thomas Hengelbrock; Balthasar Neumann-Choir & Orchestra
Release Date: 12 January 2024
Label: Prospero Classical
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4262353970485
Description
In November 2022, there was a memorable performance at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden: Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni, undoubtedly one of the most important key works of musical verismo. For the first time the audience could experience the work as it was performed at its premiere in Rome in 1890.
Conductor Thomas Hengelbrock had reversed cuts and restored the original vocal range of some of the singers' parts. Meticulous study of the autograph score enabled him to implement the composer's original instructions and intentions in an exemplary manner. He was supported in this by his Balthasar Neumann Choir and Orchestra, trained in "historically informed performance practice", as well as by a topclass ensemble of young soloists.
The result sounds exciting and stirring, and also excitingly new.
"this is a great deal more than just an exercise in musicological excavation: here's a persuasive performance that is refreshing and revealing in the best 'authentic' tradition." – Gramophone
Tracklisting
Solomon's Knot
Alexandre Foster; Heinz Holliger
Die Freitagsakademie
Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Philharmonia Zurich
Anna Bonitatibus; Adele D'Aronzo
Kathrin Hottinger; Edward Rushton
Ilker Arcayurek, Simon Lepper
Daria Parkhomenko
Martyn Brabbins, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers
Filippo Mineccia, Vivica Genaux, Roberta Mameli, Il Groviglio, Marco Angioloni
Francesco Ledda, Opera Discovery Orchestra, Stefanna Kybalova, Valer Borin, Marcello Lippi, Paolo B
Horst Wolf
Sophie Gordeladze, Hector Sandoval, Luca Grassi, Martin Piskorski, Rory Dunne, Cappella Aquileia, T
Tina Gorina; Vivica Genaux; Giulio Pelligra; German Olvera; Riccardo Novaro; Ugo Guagliardo; Pawel
Marta Torbidoni; David Astorga; German Olvera; Aleksey Bogdanov; Matheus Pompeu; Paulina Boreczko;
Anita Cerquetti
