Esa-Pekka Salonen – Le Grand Macabre

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Label:

 Sony Classical – S2K 62312

Format:
2 x CD , Album, Reissue

Country:

 Europe

Released:

Genre:

 Classical

Style:

 Contemporary

Tracklist

Le Grand Macabre. Opera In Four Scenes (1997 Version) 1:42:27
1-1 Car Horn Prelude 0:57
Scene 1
1-2 Dies Irae 6:22
1-3 Away, You Swagpot! 2:26
1-4 Shut Up! 4:13
1-5 Oh...! – Amanda! Can Do No More! 0:41
1-6 Ha-ha-ha-ha! Hey! Give Me My Requisites 3:04
1-7 Melting Snow Is Thy Breast 2:36
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1-8 Second Car Horn Prelude 0:41
Scene 2
1-9 One! Two! Three! Five! 7:54
1-10 Shapely And Attractive Figure 3:19
1-11 Venus! Venus! 1:33
1-12 Stop! - Sh! ... Quiet, For Heaven's Sake! 3:30
1-13 Who's There? A Man? – A Man! 2:23
1-14 Finale: Fire And Death I Bring 3:27
Scene 3
2-1 Doorbell Prelude 0:56
2-2 Arse-Licker, Arse-Kisser! 3:35
2-3 Posture Exercises! 2:27
2-4 Tsk ... – Psssst! – Ha! Head Of My Secret Service! 6:21
2-5 Ahhh! ... Secret Cypher! 5:36
2-6 Hurray, Hurray! My Wife Is Dead 2:00
2-7 Nekrotzar's Entrance 3:18
2-8 Woe! Ooh! – For The Day Of Wrath 3:17
2-9 There's No Need To Fear 3:02
2-10 Up! – Drink! – Up! 1:28
2-11 Galimatias: Hmm! It's Delicious! 4:45
2-12 Where Am I? What Time Is It? 5:46
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2-13 Interlude 1:34
Scene 4
2-14 Ghost Astradamors, Are You Dead? 3:39
Mirror Canon
2-15 Nekrotzar's Death 2:03
Finale. acaglia
2-16 Ah, It Was Good 5:07

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
  • Distributed By – Sony Music
  • Copyright © – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
  • Pressed By – Sony DADC – A0102799639-0103
  • Pressed By – Sony DADC – A0102799441-0202
  • Recorded At – Théatre du Châtelet, Paris

Credits

  • Baritone Vocals [Black Minister] – Richard Suart
  • Baritone Vocals [Nekrotzar] – Willard White
  • Baritone Vocals [Ruffiack] – Martin Winkler (2)
  • Baritone Vocals [Schabernack] – Michael Lessiter
  • Baritone Vocals [Schobiack] – Marc Campbell-Griffiths
  • Bass Vocals [Astradamors] – Frode Olsen (2)
  • Chorus – London Sinfonietta Voices*
  • Chorus Master – Grant Gershon
  • Chorus Master [Chorus Director] – Terry Edwards (2)
  • Composed By, Liner Notes – György Ligeti
  • Conductor – Esa-Pekka Salonen
  • Countertenor Vocals [Prince Go-go] – Derek Lee Ragin
  • Cover – Nicky Lindeman
  • Edited By – Matthew Cocker
  • Libretto By – Michael Meschke
  • Mastered By – Tony Bridge
  • Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Amando] – Charlotte Hellekant
  • Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Mescalina] – Jard Van Nes
  • Orchestra – Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Producer – Ulrich Schneider
  • Recorded By – Marcus Herzog
  • Soprano Vocals [Amanda] – Laura Claycomb
  • Soprano Vocals [Gepopo, Venus] – Sibylle Ehlert
  • Supervised By [Technical Supervisor] – Dirk Lachmann
  • Technician [Assistant] – Taco Van Der Werf
  • Tenor Vocals [Piet De Pot] – Graham Clark (2)
  • Tenor Vocals [White Minister] – Steven Cole

Notes

Recorded live in Paris, , at the Théâtre du Châtelet on February 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13, 1998,
during the Salzburger Festspiele.
A Théâtre du Châtelet co-production

© 2017 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
℗ 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Jewel case with 24-page booklet

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (text): 0 74646 23122 7
  • Barcode (scanned): 074646231227
  • Label Code: LC 06868
  • Matrix / Runout (CD 1): A0102799639-0103 13 A00
  • Matrix / Runout (CD 2): A0102799441-0202 12 A00
  • Mastering SID Code (CD 1): IFPI L553
  • Mastering SID Code (CD 2): IFPI L552
  • Mould SID Code (CD 1 & 2): IFPI 948R
  • Rights Society: BIEM/GEMA

Other Versions (3)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Recently Edited
Opera: Le Grand Macabre (2×CD, Album) Sony Classical S2K 62312 US 1999
Recently Edited
Le Grand Macabre (2×CD, Album, Box Set, , Slipcase) Sony Classical S2K 62312, 01-062312-10 Europe 1999
New Submission
Le Grand Macabre (2×CD, Album, SRCR 2403-4, Box Set, Promo, 2-CD Jewel Case) Sony Classical SRCR 2403-4, 01-062312-10 Japan 1999

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