ECHO KLASSIK 2006 for 'The Long Christmas Dinner' with WERGO

Paul Hindemith’s one-act opera will be awarded the ECHO KLASSIK 2006, for the category "world premiere recording of the year”. The award-winning CD has been released by the Schott label WERGO, performed by conductor Marek Janowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. The awards celebration takes place on October 22nd in Philharmonie am Gasteig in Munich, and is broadcast live on German Television (ZDF). The prestigious award is the most important German prize for classical recordings and is offered annually by the ZDF and the German Phono Academy.

Paul Hindemith
The Long Christmas Dinner - Das lange Weihnachtsmahl
Opera in one act
Libretto by Thornton Wilder / German version by Paul Hindemith (1960)
Soloists: Ruth Ziesak / Ursula Hesse von den Steinen / Herman Wallén / Arutjun Kotchinian / Christian Elsner / Rebecca Martin / Michaela Kaune / Corby Welch
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Conductor: Marek Janowski
WER 66762 (CD with 84-page booklet)

 further information on the recording

The prize goes to conductor Marek Janowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.

 Press release of the German Phono Academy  
 Full list of ECHO award winners