Esa-Pekka Salonen – Le Grand Macabre

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Label:	Sony Classical – 01-062312-10
Series:	György Ligeti Edition – 8
Format:	2 x CD , Album Box Set , Slipcase
Country:	Europe
Released:	1999
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Opera

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
	-
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-Licker	3:35
2-3	Posture Exercices!	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	Ther's No Nead 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
	-
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

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Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Copyright © – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Distributed By – Sony Music
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/Théâtre du Châtelet co-production

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

Made in Austria
Printed in Holland

Jewel case and 194-page booklet housed in a slipcase
Booklet includes full libretto in German, French and English

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 7464-62312-2 7
Barcode (Scanned): 074646231227
Label Code: LC 06868
SPARS Code: DDD
Rights Society: SACEM/BIEM
Price Code (Boxed): | CB 805 | 2CDK | CX |

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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
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
	Le Grand Macabre (2×CD, Album, Reissue)	Sony Classical	S2K 62312	Europe	2017