The Maids (sung in Swedish)
~ Release by Peter Bengtson (see all versions of this release, 1 available)
Annotation
Release headed mainly in English, but sung in Swedish.
Recorded on March 26—28, May 15 and November 26, 28, 1996.
Booklet has liner notes in Swedish & English, not German; also full libretto (CD track cues not indicated) in original Swedish, English (by composer & Cynthia Zetterqvist; i.e. not identical to the one used for the 2004 Cincinnati staging, by composer & Nicholas Muni) & German (by Petra Biesalski-Döll & Juliane Backman).
Sic: “Made in Swden” Medium
Tracklist
| 1CD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | The Maids: Scene 1: Introduction (A)
| 2:37 | |
| 2 | The Maids: Scene 1: Madame pesters the Maid (B)
| 5:12 | |
| 3 | The Maids: Scene 1: Dramatic outburst
| 2:39 | |
| 4 | The Maids: Scene 1: The Maid humiliates Madame (F)
| 2:28 | |
| 5 | The Maids: Scene 1: The Maid oversteps the limit (G)
| 2:52 | |
| 6 | The Maids: Scene 1: Film music
| 0:43 | |
| 7 | The Maids: Scene 2: Back to reality (H)
| 1:23 | |
| 8 | The Maids: Scene 2: Solange’s lament (I)
| 2:58 | |
| 9 | The Maids: Scene 2: Claire’s dream aria (J)
| 3:11 | |
| 10 | The Maids: Scene 2: Revolt in the prison (K)
| 1:24 | |
| 11 | The Maids: Scene 2: United in hatred (L)
| 2:24 | |
| 12 | The Maids: Scene 2: Crime plans interrupted (M)
| 2:57 | |
| 13 | The Maids: Scene 2: Nocturne (O)
| 2:55 | |
| 14 | The Maids: Scene 2: The revolt awakens again (P)
| 1:11 | |
| 15 | The Maids: Scene 2: Madame approaches (Q)
| 0:35 | |
| 16 | The Maids: Scene 3: Madame’s aria (R)
| 6:28 | |
| 17 | The Maids: Scene 3: “The tea”
| 1:09 | |
| 18 | The Maids: Scene 3: Madame’s panic aria (T)
| 0:44 | |
| 19 | The Maids: Scene 3: Murder duet
| 3:35 | |
| 20 | The Maids: Scene 3: Murder duet
| 1:00 | |
| 21 | The Maids: Scene 4: Failure (V)
| 1:22 | |
| 22 | The Maids: Scene 4: The film begins again (X)
| 4:13 | |
| 23 | The Maids: Scene 4: The film must be played to its end (ZA)
| 0:36 | |
| 24 | The Maids: Scene 4: Solange’s aria of triumph
| 6:04 | |
| 25 | The Maids: Scene 4: Claire goes through with the end (ZB)
| 1:26 | |
| 26 | The Maids: Scene 4: The Black Mass: Hypnotic antiphon
| 2:35 | |
| 27 | The Maids: Scene 4: The tragic end
| 1:16 | |
Credits
Release
| manufactured in: | Sweden |
|---|
| additional photography: | Moona Björklund (Swedish photographer, artist) |
|---|---|
| photography: | Enar Merkel Rydberg (Swedish photographer) |
| liner notes: | Zagorka Zivkovic (liner notes) |
| liner notes translator: | Cynthia Zetterqvist |
| miscellaneous support: | Katarina Marklund (task: calligraphy) |
| graphic design: | Pontus Reuterswärd (graphic design, photo) |
| rights society: | STIM (Do not use as a release label or work publisher!) |
|---|---|
| manufactured by: | CD Plant AB |
| copyrighted (©) by: | Svensk Musik (in 1996) |
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/13603689 [info] |
|---|---|
| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/album/0iRdDSD8a1D6iWfbRG10Ut [info] |
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