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Lowell Liebermann: Frankenstein
RR-148 (Reference Recordings, CD, 2 discs)
FIRST RELEASE (3 December 2021)
Playing time: 50'01"/69'07" - TT 119'08"
Tracks: 12 + 20
Booklet pages: 28
℗ 2021 San Francisco Ballet Association
© 2021 Reference Recordings
Main country of recording: United States of America
Country of manufacture: United States of America
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Lowell Liebermann: Frankenstein published on 13 December 2021
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Martin West, conductor
Lowell Liebermann (born 1961):
Frankenstein - a Liam Scarlett ballet with sets and costumes by John Macfarlane
CD 1
Act I
1 Prologue: Geneva, 1775
2 Scene 1: Geneva, 1788, The Frankenstein Manor
3 Elizabeth and Victor
4 Elizabeth and Victor Announce Their Engagement
5 Scene 2: The Frankenstein Cemetery
6 Interlude
7 Scene 3: The Anatomy Theatre at Ingolstadt University
8 The Students Enter
9 Anatomy Lesson
10 Scene 4: The Tavern at Ingolstadt
11 Scene 5: The Anatomy Theatre
12 The Creature Lives!
CD 2
Act II
1 Prologue: Victor’s Bedchamber in the Frankenstein Manor
2 Scene 1: Geneva, 1795, Outside
3 Elizabeth and Victor
4 The Creature Solo
5 William’s Birthday
6 Blind Man’s Bluff
7 The Creature Kills William
8 Justine Solo
9 Victor and the Creature
10 Scene 2: A Back Alley in Geneva, Justine is Executed
Act III
11 Prologue: The Ballroom at the Frankenstein Manor
12 Waltz
13 Interlude
14 Elizabeth and Victor
15 Henry Solo
16 Waltz Reprise
17 General Panic
18 The Creature Kills Henry and Dances with Elizabeth
19 Elizabeth and the Creature
20 Victor and the Creature
Recorded 6-9 March 2018 at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, USA