Annette Dasch - Die Gretchenfrage (The Crucial Question)

Annette Dasch - Die Gretchenfrage (The Crucial Question) concert. In 2011, Soprano Annette Dasch sings selections on the theme of women under extreme stress. Marc Piollet conducts the Münchner Rundfunkorchester in the Herkulessaal of the Münchner Residenz. The selections are:

Schubert: excerpts from Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus, "Gretchen am Spinnrade," and "Ave Maria"
Verdi: excerpts from Composizioni da camera, from Otello: "Ave Maria, piena di grazia," and "Prayer of Desdemona"
Schumann excerpts from Genoveva: "O Du, der uber alle wacht", "Steil und steiler ragen die Felsen", and "Aria of Genoveva"
Berlioz excerpts from La Damnation de Faust: "D'amour l'ardente flamme" and "Aria of Marguerite"
Gonoud excerpts from Faust: "Concert Waltz", "Recitative", "Song of the King of Thule", and "Jewel Aria of Marguerite"

Directed for TV by Michael Beyer. Released 2014, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA

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