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Munch cut, among other numbers, the recitatives describing the suicide of Judas and the love of Mary Magdalene, the lovely bass aria "Mache dich, mein Herze, rein," and the masterful tenor aria "Geduld, geduld...
...Afternoon Concert. Hartman--Symphony #6 (D) DL 9861; Handoshkin--Var. on Theme (Mon) 2019; Benevoli--Hymn to St. Rupert (E) LC 3035; Berkeley--Trio (W) Wn 18515; Weber--Piano Concerto #1 (V) VRY 8150; Ravel--Violin Sonata (M) Mg. 50089; Ditterskorf--Concerto for Violin and Double Bass (HSLP) Hayd. 9052; Dvorak--Quintet in G Major...
...Schubert: Symphony #2; Vitali; Chaconne for violin and figured bass; Verdi: Requiem; Bartok: Quartet #1; Borodin: Symphony #2; Boccherini: Trio...
...crippled blind man, lacking even the tragic dignity that a suggestion of malevolent fate might give his life. He is ridiculed by his captain (Tenor Paul Franke), who seems to stand for all the bluster of petty militarism. He is used as a guinea pig by a doctor (Bass Karl Doench), a sadistic, fanatical embodiment of science. Finally, he is betrayed by his sluttish mistress Marie (Soprano Eleanor Steber), and he stabs her. Wozzeck himself drowns trying to recover the discarded knife. In a poignant last scene, their child (Alice Plotkin) trots off, unaware and innocent, on his hobbyhorse...
Joel Pitcoff at the piano, accompanied by drums and bass, did his best to cover up these scamperings on stage. He warmed to his work and his lively piano not only supported the choreography closely, but added much life to the show. The overture, while ably performed, did not have sufficient impact when performed on a single instrument...