Salzburg Festival 2006; conductor Josef Wallnig; Mozarteum University Symphony Orchestra
Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, Part I ('The Obligation of the First Commandment'), K. 35
Oratorio (sacred Singspiel) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to German text by Ignaz Anton Weiser; Salzburg, March 1767.
Sources: Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online, and The Compleat Mozart: A Guide to the Musical Works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ed. Neal Zaslaw with William Cowdery (1990, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.)
Cast:
Justice -- Michiko Watanabe
Mercy -- Cordula Schuster
Worldliness -- Christiane Karg
Spirit of Christianity -- Bernhard Berchtold
The Christian -- Peter Sonn
Josef Wallnig, conductor; Mozarteum University Symphony Orchestra; harpsichord continuo Hariklia Apostolu; cello continuo Luise Buchberg
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