Composer: Alexander von Zemlinsky
Performer: Monte Pederson, Klaus Häger, Simon Yang, Ferdinand Seiler, Guido Jentjens, James O’Neal, Peter Galliard, Mariusz Kwiecień, Kurt Gysen, Nina Warren
Orchestra: Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Conductor: Gerd Albrecht
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Capriccio
Release: 2021
Size: 534 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Zemlinsky: Der König Kandaules
01. Der sein Glück hält
02. He, Gyges, du gehst
03. Ja, Kandaules sagt es
04. Schlage den Schleier zurück
05. Wie findet ihr den Fisch
06. Also, du bist Gyges
07. Prelude
08. Nun quält mich die Musik
09. An wen denkst du
10. Ich wär schon lang bei euch
11. Prelude
12. Hast du Kandaules gesehen
13. Mein Ring
14. Wie mein Geliebter
15. Die schönste aller Nächte
When German troops occupied Austria in 1938, Zemlinsky fled with his wife Louise to New York via Prague, with the short score of Canduales in his luggage. He had great hopes of producing the piece at the Metropolitan Opera, but on account of the somewhat delicate bed scene in Act II they dismissed the production. Zemlinsky’s hopes of building a new life in America were never realised since, just six months after his arrival, he suffered a stroke from which he was never to recover fully. To mark the 150th anniversary of Zemlinsky’s birth, Capriccio presents a newly remastered edition of the opera’s legendary first recording which was made in 1996.