Carl Orff's "play with music," Ein Sommernachtstraum is based on a German translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream. This recording documents a live 2010 performance at Andechs, Germany. Orff began working on music for the play in 1917, wrote the bulk of it for a 1938 Frankfurt production, and expanded it for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth in 1964. The recording consists largely of a complete performance of the play with interjections of Orff's music. Christian von Gehren leads Andechser ORFF-Akademie des M ...
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Carl Orff's "play with music," Ein Sommernachtstraum is based on a German translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream. This recording documents a live 2010 performance at Andechs, Germany. Orff began working on music for the play in 1917, wrote the bulk of it for a 1938 Frankfurt production, and expanded it for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth in 1964. The recording consists largely of a complete performance of the play with interjections of Orff's music. Christian von Gehren leads Andechser ORFF-Akademie des Münchner Rundfunkorchesters in a performance of the score. ~ Stephen Eddins, Rovi
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