tracks

Music for Goethe’s Tragedy ‘Egmont’, Op. 84
Overture
No. 1 Act I, Scene 3: Die Trommel Gerührt! (Clärchen)
No. 2 First Entr’acte: Andante
No. 3 Second Entr’acte: Larghetto
No. 4 Act III, Scene 2: Freudvoll Und Leidvoll (Clärchen)
No. 5 Third Entr’acte: Allegro – Marcia, Vivace
No. 6 Fourth Entr’acte: Larghetto
No. 7 Act V, Scene 3: Death of Clärchen
No. 8 Act V, Scene 4: Melodrama (Egmont)
No. 9 Act V, Scene 4: Symphony of Victory
March No. 1 In F Major (Yorck’scher March), WoO 18
March No. 2 In F Major, WoO 19
Scena And Aria: Ah! Perfido, Op. 65

notes

℗ & © 2010 Naxos Rights International Ltd. Disc made in Canada. Printed & assembled in the USA. 8pp booklet in English, with sung & spoken texts included in both English & original languages.

Recorded at the Michael Fowler Center, Wellington, New Zealand 10-12 February, 2003 (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6-12) and at Wellington Town Hall 14-15 August, 2007 (tracks 2, 5, 13).

Cover painting: “Egmont’s Final Hour” by Louis Gallait (1810-87) (Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany / The Bridgeman Art Library)

credits

Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor – James Judd
Cover, Painting – Louis Gallait
Liner Notes – Keith Anderson (6)
Narrator – Claus Obalski (tracks: 9)
Orchestra – The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Producer, Engineer – Tim Handley
Soprano Vocals – Madeleine Pierard
Text By – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (tracks: 2, 5, 9), Pietro Metastasio

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Naxos Rights International Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Naxos Rights International Ltd.
Recorded At – Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington
Recorded At – Wellington Town Hall

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