The History of D. Johann Fausten
(Historia von D. Johann Fausten: Oper in 3 Akten und einem Epilog) (1991/94)Opera in 3 acts, a prologue and an epilogue
Duration: 105'
Music Text
Libretto by Jörg Morgener and Alfred Schnittke based on Johan Spies' 'Historia von D. Johann Fausten' (G)
Scoring
A,CT,T,6Bar,2B; mixed choir; ballet;
3(II=afl,III=picc).3(III=corA).3(I,II=Ebcl,II=asax,III=bcl,barsax).3(III=dbn)-4.4.4.1-timp.perc(5):tgl/2swanee whistle/flex/wdbl/3tom-t/tamb/drums/SD/BD/susp.cym/t.bells/gong/tam-t/glsp/xyl/vib/marimba-elec.gtr-bgtr-hp-cel-2synthesizer-str-historical instruments: fife-crumhorn-lute-zither
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Publisher
Sikorski
Availability
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Recommended Recording
Jürgen Freier, Eberhard Lorenz, Arno Raunig, Hanna Schwarz, Eberhard Büchner, Jonathan Barreto-Ramos, Christoph Johannes Wendel, Jürgen Fersch, Hamburg State Opera Chorus, Hamburg State Opera Orchestra, Gerd Albrecht
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