Taking the Airs
Donald Macleod explores the opera Electra by Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner. He also talks to theatre expert Inga Lewenhaupt about stage gestures.
iv) Taking the Airs
A chance to wander the grounds around Drottningholm takes Donald to the Chinese Pavilion and brings an opportunity to divulge the strange world of stage-gesture made uniform by Gustavus III. Today music from Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner's opera Electra and a fine symphony by Kraus.
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Johann Christian Friedrich HAEFFNER
Electra
Performer: Hillevi Martinpelto (Electra - soprano) Performer: Peter Mattei (Orest - baritone) Performer: Helle Hinz (Clitemnestra Performer: Mikael Samuelson (Egist - baritone) Performer: Klas Hedlund (Pilad - tenor) Performer: Stig Tysklind (Arcas - bass) Performer: Alf Haggstam (Overstepraste - bass) Performer: Christina Hogman (Ismene - soprano) Performer: Stockholm Radio Choir Performer: Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble Performer: Thomas Schuback (conductor)
- CAPRICE CAP 22030.
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Kraus
Sinfonia in C Minor
Performer: Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment Performer: Anthony Halstead (conductor)
- MUSICA SVECIAE MSCD 419.
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Kraus
Swedish Dance
Performer: Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
- BIS CD 1319.
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- Thu 25 Nov 201012:00BBC Radio 3
- Thu 25 Nov 201022:00BBC Radio 3
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