The Snow Queen (Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Directed by: Kriegenburg)

Name: The Snow Queen (Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Directed by: Kriegenburg)
Brand: BSO Recordings
SKU: BSOREC2002
Price: 17.99 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Artists: Bavarian State Ballet · Bavarian State Orchestra · Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera · Conners, Kevin · Dalayman, Katarina · Hannigan, Barbara · Meister, Cornelius · Power, Dean · Rose, Peter · Wettergreen, Caroline · Willetts, Owen · Wilson, Rachael

Description

Hans Abrahamsen's opera "The Snow Queen" follows Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale of the same name: Two children, Gerda and Kay, are close friends and seem destined for each other. Then something stabs Kay in the heart and eye, and suddenly they are estranged, as if they lived in two different worlds. Kidnapped by the Snow Queen, Kay also physically disappears from Gerda's life. Her long search for her friend begins, until she finds him again in the snow and ice and weeps the devilish shards out of him with her tears. The music, with its finely shifting structures and subtly altered repetitions, gives the text depth and at the same time a magical lightness.

Number	Title	Duration
1	Overture	00:04:50
2	The Snow Queen (Opera in 3 Acts) (Complete Recording)
2 . 1	Prelude (Act 1)	00:02:01
3 . 2	Snowflakes! Flying!	00:02:07
4 . 3	Do you want to hear a story? - There was a bad troll	00:02:11
5 . 4	It's the Snow Queen!	00:00:36
6 . 5	Intermezzo	00:00:19
7 . 6	Roses grow down in the valley	00:03:20
8 . 7	Intermezzo	00:00:20
9 . 8	Look here, Gerda!	00:02:40
10 . 9	Snow-play music	00:02:19
11 . 10	Intermezzo	00:00:52
12 . 11	We are well on our way	00:05:55
13 . 12	Prelude (Act 2)	00:00:55
14 . 13	A poor lost little child!	00:03:51
15 . 14	Taste my ripe cherries!	00:02:33
16 . 15	Intermezzo	00:00:24
17 . 16	What is here?	00:02:55
18 . 17	Ding, dong! There were three beautiful sisters	00:04:20
19 . 18	Intermezzo	00:01:28
20 . 19	Caw-caw! Good day!	00:02:42
21 . 20	Here in this royal kingdom	00:02:24
22 . 21	His boots, though, were creaking so very loudly	00:01:48
23 . 22	Intermezzo	00:00:58
24 . 23	Dear little lady!	00:02:22
25 . 24	Kay!	00:01:26
26 . 25	I have to find Kay!	00:01:57
27 . 26	You must both be rewarded!	00:01:30
28 . 27	We helped her into the castle	00:03:15
29 . 28	Prelude (Act 3)	00:01:44
30 . 29	Safe journey!	00:00:40
31 . 30	You can stay at the castle!	00:02:02
32 . 31	Intermezzo	00:02:25
33 . 32	Here in Lapland I was born	00:04:59
34 . 33	You wise Finn Woman	00:03:17
35 . 34	She is a sweet and innocent child	00:02:29
36 . 35	Intermezzo	00:02:26
37 . 36	How this is horrible	00:04:56
38 . 37	Intermezzo	00:00:33
39 . 38	Find me the answer!	00:03:56
40 . 39	Kay! What has happened to you?	00:03:15
41 . 40	Gerda! Dearest Gerda!	00:02:06
42 . 41	Intermezzo	00:01:03
43 . 42	Prelude	00:01:54
44 . 43	Tick, tick - Here you are!	00:01:50
45 . 44	Roses grow down in the valley	00:04:52
46	Applause	00:07:05
47	Closing	00:02:35