Fredrik Pacius: The Princess of Cyprus (in schwedischer Sprache)
The Princess of Cyprus (in schwedischer Sprache)
Tove Aman, Agneta Eichenholz, Riikka Rantanen, Johan Storgärd, Tom Wentzel, Jubilate Choir, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Ulf Söderblom
CD
CD (Compact Disc)
Herkömmliche CD, die mit allen CD-Playern und Computerlaufwerken, aber auch mit den meisten SACD- oder Multiplayern abspielbar ist.
- Erzähler: Tom Wentzel
- Künstler: Tove Aman, Agneta Eichenholz, Riikka Rantanen, Johan Storgärd, Jubilate Choir, Tom Wentzel, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Ulf Söderblom
- Label: BIS, DDD, 2002
- Bestellnummer: 4161734
- Erscheinungstermin: 23.9.2004
Produktinfo:
Fredrik Pacius (1809–91), the »Father of Finnish music« – and the composer of the Finnish national anthem! – was actually a German by birth and musical training. But he embraced the Finnish cause and did much to give the emergent Finnish identity musical expression, combining the German Romanticism of his heritage with Finnish folk music.
Even by the usual standards of opera the plot is improbable; an extraordinary mixture of Greek myth and episodes from Kalevala, the great epic poem of Finnish legends. Yet the Princess of Cyprus has a place in musical history in being one of the first attempts to use the inspiration of Kalevala in music – something to which Sibelius later brought his own unique genius.
The CD is packaged in an attractive slipcase, with works of art related to the period, and with a separate booklet giving the full libretto in the original Swedish, with English and Finnish translations.
- Tracklisting
- 1 Prinsessan af Cypern, incidental music: Act 1. 1. Danskör (Aphrodite's Chorus)
- 2 Prinsessan af Cypern, incidental music: Act 1. Narration
- 3 Prinsessan af Cypern, incidental music: Act 1. 2. Ballad
- 4 Prinsessan af Cypern, incidental music: Act 1. Narration
- 5 Prinsessan af Cypern, incidental music: Act 1. 3. Skrattkör (Mocking Chorus)
- 6 Prinsessan af Cypern, incidental music: Act 1. Narration
- 7 Prinsessan af Cypern, incidental music: Act 2. 4. Kvarnsången (Mill Song)
- 8 Prinsessan af Cypern, incidental music: Act 2. Narration
- 9 Prinsessan af Cypern, incidental music: Act 2. 5. Melodram (Melodrama)
- 10 Prinsessan af Cypern, incidental music: Act 2. Narration
- 11 Prinsessan af Cypern, incidental music: Act 3. 6. Romans (Romance)
- 12 Prinsessan af Cypern, incidental music: Act 3. Narration
- 13 Prinsessan af Cypern, incidental music: Act 4. 7. Cypriernas kör (Cyprian Chorus)
- 14 Prinsessan af Cypern, incidental music: Act 4. Narration
- 15 Prinsessan af Cypern, incidental music: Act 4. 8A. Resvärjelsen, melodram (The Spell, Melodrama) / 8B. Andante grave
- 16 Prinsessan af Cypern, incidental music: Act 4. 9. Final (Finale) / Dödens flod - Det var en moder - Pris, ära, glans
