Composer: Alexander von Zemlinsky
Performer: Eva Johansson, Aage Haugland, Ole Hedegaard, Guido Paevatalu, Kurt Westi, Per-Arne Wahlgren, Susse Lillesue, Christian Christiansen, Danish National Radio Choir
Orchestra: Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Hans Graf
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Cappricio
Release: 1990/2021
Size: 402 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Zemlinsky: Es War Einmal (Once upon a time)
01. Prelude
02. Ja, wie Apollos
03. Was gibt es
04. Da sind sie schon
05. Prinzessin
06. Was ihr da sagt
07. Sahst du den Blick
08. Du Bild, du hast mich
09. Intermezzo
10. Die Erdbeer wächst
11. Der Himmel ist klar
12. Seh, seht doch
13. Flattert ihr bunten
14. Wenn’s da drinnen
15. Was muß ich sehen
16. Prelude
17. Ich kann nicht mehr
18. Schön Ingeborg
19. Er geht und hört
20. Wo weilt er
21. Hilf Kathrein
22. Heda! Wir suchen
23. Was geht’s mich an
24. Sonderbar, dieses Gesicht
25. Ihr Männer und Frauen
26. Tanz, Frau Nachbarin
27. He, Musikanten spielt auf
28. Zum Tanz
29. Hollah! Haltet Ruhe
30. Heildem Prinzen
31. Seht hin, sie naht
By the 1890s, Zemlinsky had already acquired a reputation as a promising young composer and pianist. In October 1897, Gustav Mahler had become director of the Vienna Hofoper and was determined to do what he could to help him. Mahler worked his way through Zemlinsky’s opera Es war einmal alongside the young composer with characteristic energy, advising on and making changes in the music and the libretto. The resulting score provides a fascinating and little-explored document for studies of both Zemlinsky and Mahler. Es war einmal received its first performance under Mahler on 22 January 1900. 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 1987.