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Georg Anton Benda: Medea
COV 92014 (Coviello Classics, CD)
FIRST RELEASE (19 March 2021)
Playing time: 44'15"
Tracks: 9
℗ 2020 Coviello Classics
© 2020 Coviello Classics
Main country of recording: Germany
Country of manufacture: Germany
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Georg Anton Benda: Medea published on 15 April 2021
Katharina Thalbach, narrator
cappella aquileia
Marcus Bosch, conductor
Georg Anton Benda (1722-1795):
Medea - a melodrama with music - 1784 version
1 Eingang
2 Erster Auftritt: 'Vertrauter Wohnsitz!'
3 Zweyter Auftritt: Marsch von ferne
4 Dritter Auftritt: 'Wie er auf diesem Wagen thronte!'
5 Vierter Auftritt: 'Kommt meine Geliebten! Der Augenblick ist günstig'
6 Fünfter Auftritt: 'O, meine Kinder!'
7 Sechster Auftritt: 'Und das elendeste der geschaffnen Wesen!'
8 Siebender Auftritt: 'Wo bin ich?'
9 Achter Auftritt: 'Jason!'
Recorded 26-27 October 2018 at Congress Centrum Heidenheim, Germany