Knut Skram, baritone ; with Inga Nielsen, soprano (3rd work) ; Robert Levin, piano (8th work) ; Finnish Radio Orchestra, Okko Kamu, conductor (1st work) ; Norwegian Opera Orchestra, Per Åke Anderson, conductor (2nd work) ; Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Antonio Pappano, conductor (3rd-4th, 6th-7th works) ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Simone Young, conductor (5th work)
Songs and arias for baritone with orchestra or piano acc.
Recorded at Kulturhuset, Helsinki, 31 Oct. 1971 (1st work), Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, 4 Oct. 1981 (2nd work), Oslo Konserthus, 1 Feb.1990 (3rd-4th, 6th-7th works), All Saints Tooting Church, London, 23 June 1994 (5th work), or in live performance at Universitetets Aula, Oslo, 15 Nov. 1979 (8th work).
Sung in German or Italian.
Alzati--eri tu : from Un ballo in maschera (6:36) ; Morir! Tremenda cosa!--Urna fatale : from La forza del destino (5:27) ; Madamigella Valery, duet : from La traviata (20:29) ; Cortigiani, vil razza dannata : from Rigoletto (5:00) / Giuseppe Verdi -- O, du mein holder Abendstern : from Tannhäuser / Richard Wagner (4:43) -- Fin ch'an dal vino : from Don Giovanni (1:45) ; Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja : from Die Zauberflöte (3:14) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Dichterliebe : op. 48 / Robert Schumann ; Heine (31:14)