Walter Braunfels (1882-1954)
Verkündigung op.50
Mistero in un Preludio e 4 Atti da Paul Claudel
Testo in tedesco di Jakob Hegner (1933/1937).

http://www.youtube.com/embed/eMkspd44xDE


Cover image: painting by Botticelli.

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Ulf Schirmer

Registrazione live : München, 18 Dicembre 2011.

Vorspiel
Atto I° [18:20]
Atto II° [45:57]
Atto III° [1:06:21]
Atto IV° [1:45:57]

Andreas Gradherz ..... Robert Holl (bass)
His wife, the Mother ..... Hanna Schwarz (mezzo-soprano)
Violaine ..... Juliane Banse (soprano)
Mara ..... Janina Baechle (soprano)
Jakobäus ..... Adrian Eröd (baritone)
Peter von Ulm ..... Mathias Klink (tenor)
Peter's servant ..... Mauro Peter (tenor)
An angel's voice ..... Vanessa Goikoetxea (high soprano)
First worker ..... Johannes Stermann (bass)
Schulze von Rothenstein ..... Wolfgang Klose (spoken role)
First woman ..... Jutta Bethsold (spoken role)
Second woman ..... Sonja Philippin (spoken role)
Second worker ..... Timo Janzen (spoken role)
Third worker ..... Matthias Ettmayr (spoken role)