Zemlinsky: Florentine Tragedy
) | Label: LPO Catalog: LPO-0078 Format: CD Jurowski; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Lang; Wessels; Skorokhodov; DohmenComposed by: Zemlinsky, Alexander Based on an unfinished Oscar Wilde play, Alexander Zemlinsky’s one-act opera A Florentine Tragedy tells of jealousy, betrayal and ultimately murder. Mezzo-soprano Petra Lang, one of the most sought-after performers in the Austro-German song repertoire, is the soloist in the eerie, darkly foreboding, dreamlike and rarely performed Six Maeterlinck Songs. ‘…faultless orchestral playing, superb singing. A very fine achievement.’ - Review of the Florentine Tragedy in The Guardian)  Price: $21.98 |