C F E Horneman: Aladdin
6.200007 (Dacapo Records, CD, 3 discs)
DDD
FIRST RELEASE (6 May 2022)
Playing time: 47'38"/49'29"/82'20" - TT 179'27"
Tracks: 12 + 11 + 18
Booklet pages: 164
℗ 2022 Dacapo Records
© 2022 Dacapo Records
Main country of recording: Denmark
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of C F E Horneman: Aladdin published on 21 May 2022
Bror Magnus Tødenes, tenor (Aladdin)
Déenise Beck, soprano (Gulnare)
Johan Reuter, bass-baritone (Noureddin)
Stephen Milling, bass (The Sultan)
Henning von Schulman, bass (The Vizier)
Hanne Fischer, mezzo-soprano (Morgiane)
Steffen Bruun, bass (The Genie of the Lamp)
Elisabeth Jansson, mezzo-soprano (The Genie of the Ring)
Frederikke Kampmann, soprano (The first Handmaiden)
Sidsel Aja Eriksen, mezzo-soprano (The second Handmaiden)
Klaudia Kidon, soprano (The first Elf)
Rikke Lender, mezzo-soprano (The second Elf)
Jakob Soelberg, bass-baritone (The Messenger)
Danish National Concert Choir
Poul Emborg, chorul master
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Michael Schønwandt, conductor
Christian Frederik Emil Horneman (1840-1906):
Aladdin - a fairy-tale opera in four acts (1888, 1902 version) (first recording)
CD1
1-12 Act I
CD2
1-11 Act II
CD3
1-11 Act III
12-18 Act IV
Recorded 19-21 and 24-28 August and 16-20 November 2020 at the Koncertsalen, DR Koncerthuset, Denmark