SKU: M7.MV-8535
A Bavarian Piece.
Composed by Carl Orff.
DVD. MusicAvision.
Duration 132'. MDS (Music
Distribution Services)
#MV 8535. Published by
MDS (Music Distribution
Services) (M7.MV-8535).
ISBN
9783795778323.
Orff
's Bavarian piece is
about the love affair and
eventual marriage which
is not befitting their
social positions of Duke
Albrecht III and Agnes
Bernauer, the beautiful
daughter of a
barber-surgeon from the
city of Augsburg.
Albrecht's father, Duke
Ernst, feels that this
marriage jeopardizes
rightful succession and
has Agnes declared a
witch and drowned in the
Danube River. Duke
Albrecht III founded the
Andechs Monastery in 1455
and is buried in the
conventual church where
Carl Orff is laid to rest
as well. - This recent
DVD edition 'Carl Orff'
presents a new view of
the significant
20th-century composer
Carl Orff (1895-1982).
Conductor: Mark Mast
Stage Director: Hellmuth
Matiasek Assistant
director: Theo G. Kobler
Stage and costumes:
Thomas Pekny Lights:
Georg Boeshenz
Choreographer:Artemis
Sacantanis Choir
production: Gernot
Schwickert, Mark Mast
starring: Christoph
Gehr(as Albrecht, Duke in
Bavaria), Julia Urban (as
Agnes Bernauer, Kaspar's
daughter), Peter
Rappenglück (as
Kaspar, barber in
Augsburg),Fred Maire (as
Monk), Winfried Hübner
and Reinhold Lampe (as
Burghers of the city of
Munich), Heinz
Schmidtpeter (as
Chancellor ofDuke
Ernst)... SmallWorld
Theatre Choir Andechs
Young Munich Philharmonic
Orchestra Performance:
Florian-Stadl (Florian
Barn), Kloster Andechs
(Andechs Monastery), Orff
in Andechs Festival A
B.O.A. VIDEOFILMKUNST
Munich production,
Regie/Director: Peider A.
Defilla German with
English subtitles Dolby
Digital 5.1 DVD-9 / 132
min. regional code: 0
(PAL, colour) frame size:
16 : 9.