{"product_id":"p-hindemith-long-christmas-dinner-das-lange-weihnachtsmahl","title":"Marek Janowski: Long Christmas Dinner Das Lange Weihnachtsmahl - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLong Christmas Dinner Das Lange Weihnachtsmahl\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eMarek Janowski\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eWergo Germany\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e4010228667622\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical, Opera\/Operetta\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2005-12-13\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         As if in slow motion, librettist Thornton Wilder summarizes a series of Christmas dinners celebrated by the Bayard family over a period of ninety years and fuses them into a single long meal. The concentration of the characters and their standardization are all things that Hindemith's setting picks up on: he counterbalanced them musically by means of development, individualization, and variation - thus designing a kind of music that expresses contingency - significant coincidence - as an attitude toward life. The view of what Wilder calls the \"mill of time\" is thus always a view of the future as well - whether we perceive that as misfortune or consolation or both at once.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Einleitung (Introduction), (God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen \/ Weihnachtslied) \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Szene 1 (Scene 1) \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Szenen 2 Und 3 (Scens 2 and 3) \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Szene 4, Anfung Von Szene 5 (Scene 4, Beginning of Scene 5) \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Szene 5: Wie War Denn Gestern Abend Der Ball? (Scene 5: Did You Enjoy Yourselves at the Ball?) \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Szenen 6 Und 7 (Scenes 6 and 7) \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Szene 8 (Scene 8) \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Szene 9 (Scene 9) \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Szene 10 (Scene 10) \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Szenen 11 Und 12 (Scenes 11 and 12)\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Marek Janowski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32796601745479,"sku":"11251255","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/786553.jpg?v=1747329890","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/p-hindemith-long-christmas-dinner-das-lange-weihnachtsmahl","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}