Gormenghast

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Release Date: 2008-22

Labels: Spoon Records, Mute, Edel Contraire

Extracts from the Fantasy Opera Gormenghast

Libretto inspired by Mervyn Peake's trilogy

with the singers of the World Premiere (Wuppertal Operahouse, Schillertheater NRW) recorded live in performance.
World Premiere: Wuppertal Operahouse, 15. November 1998
Schillertheater NRW

"A phantasmagorical soundworld of electronics, symphony orchestra and pounding beats which envelopes singers who effortlessly stretch from Pop to Classical virtuosity."

Dedicated to George Reinhart in memoriam

The original recordings with the Wuppertal Sinfonieorchester could not be used.
They have been replaced by the
Brandenburger Symphoniker
October 1999 in Brandenburg, Germany.
Mastered at Metropolis, London.
The orchestral recordings and the performers in Wuppertal and Gelsenkirchen have been generously supported by Musicstore, Köln.

Special thanks to:
Holk Freitag, Martin Griesemer, Albert Lohmar, Sebastian Peake, Hansgeorg Schneider.

Licensed and marketed worldwide (except Germany, Austria, Switzerland): Mute-Records, ..., London; for USA: Mute-Records, ..., New York.
Distribution for Germany: Edel-Contraire.
Distribution for France: Mute-Labels.

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