Franz Schubert by Wilhelm August Rieder 1875

''Lazarus'' or ', 689, is an unfinished 1820

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on a libretto by

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. Intended to be in three acts, only act 1 with twenty-one numbers, and eight numbers from act 2 are extant.

Structure

The work is for three sopranos, two

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, mixed choir and orchestra. Act 1 Act 2

Roles

*Maria (soprano) *Martha (soprano) *Jemina (soprano) *Lazarus (tenor) *Nathanael (tenor) *Ein Jüngling (tenor) *Simon Peter (bass)

Recordings

*1978 –

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, Horit Gebhardt. Staatskapelle Berlin Dietrich Knothe recorded in the Christuskirche, Berlin

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94452BC; reissued 1 CD

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*1981 – (also Mass No. 2 in G, D 167),

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Warner Apex 2008 *1983 –

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, Wulkopf, Schwarz, Hollweg, Laubenthal,

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, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks,

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, EMI Classics *1996 – completed by

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. Rubens, Nylund, Nold, Weir.

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Hanssler 1996, also reissued 2 CD Brilliant Classics 99969''Lazarus''
Brilliant Classics 99969 *1997 – Concentus Musicus Wien,

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, soprano;

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, mezzo-soprano; Herbert Lippert, tenor; Reinaldo Macias, tenor; Raimund Nolte, baritone.

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, conductor

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, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Hofkapelle Stuttgart,

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1CD Carus

References

Sources

New Schubert Edition Franz Schubert (1797–1828): New Edition of the Complete Works (), commonly known as the New Schubert Edition (NSE), or, in german: Neue Schubert-Ausgabe (NSA), is a complete edition of Franz Schubert's works, which started in 1956 and is sche ...

Series II: Stage WorksVol.10 – ''Lazarus oder die Feier der Auferstehung D 689: Fragment eines religiösen Dramas in 3 Akten''.
Edited by Reinhold Kubik. 1987.

External links

* {{authority control Compositions by Franz Schubert Church music by Franz Schubert 1820 compositions Oratorios Oratorios based on the Bible German-language oratorios