Jeffrey Tate, Staatskapelle Dresden - Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (2011)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 724 Mb | Total time: 68:12+60:54+45:34 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Decca | # 00289 478 2675 | Recorded: 1987-89
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 724 Mb | Total time: 68:12+60:54+45:34 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Decca | # 00289 478 2675 | Recorded: 1987-89
Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann is among those operas with most textual problems, since the composer did not live to its premiere, leaving an incomplete score. The traditional text, bringing in extra material, much of it unauthentic, and leaving out alot, was only established in the 20th century. This Dresden recording sessions were held (June 1987-June 1989) borrowed much from Michael Kaye's 1991 Schott Edition.