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The Music => Recordings & Broadcasts => Topic started by: Mark Thomas on Saturday 09 May 2020, 13:50

Title: Franz Schmidt: Fredegundis
Post by: Mark Thomas on Saturday 09 May 2020, 13:50
Now available in the Downloads board here (http://www.unsungcomposers.com/forum/index.php/topic,7778.msg81381.html#new) is the only recording (as far as I know) of Schmidt's second opera Fredegundis. It dates from 1979, so it's in listenable but hardly hi-def sound. It'll be interesting to compare this with the promised Dortmund performance of Saint-Saëns' Frédégonde, assuming that's broadcast and recorded of course.
Title: Re: Franz Schmidt: Fredegundis
Post by: britishcomposer on Sunday 10 May 2020, 12:49
Thank you very much, Mark! I hadn't encountered this recording before.
Title: Re: Franz Schmidt: Fredegundis
Post by: MartinH on Sunday 10 May 2020, 20:58
If anyone would like the documentation that came with that recording 40 years ago, I can send a PDF. It contains a cast list, synopsis, and other background information. I would submit it here but I can't find a way to upload it.

Contact me here: mbhaub@hotmail.com
Title: Re: Franz Schmidt: Fredegundis
Post by: Mark Thomas on Sunday 10 May 2020, 21:11
Great! If you like email it to me (mark@raff.org), Martin, and I'll upload it for everyone.