63. Die Jakobsleiter [Jacob’s
ladder] (1917/22; unfinished)
(multiple voices, multiple choruses, orchestra)
- Gertie Charlent, soprano
(Seele, Sterbende); Francesco Poli,
tenor (Berufener); Nico Boer, tenor
(Aufrührerischer); Arjan Blanken,
tenor (Mönch); Neil Howlett,
baritone (Auserwählte); Lieuwe Visser,
bass (Ringender); Günter Reich,
baritone (Gabriel); Hilversum
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Choirs;
Bruno Maderna, conductor (recorded:
Holland Festival, 1972) (43:27)
- Mady Mesplé, soprano
(Seele); Ortrun Wenkel,
alto (Sterbende); Kenneth Bowen,
tenor (Berufener); Ian Partridge,
tenor (Aufrührerischer); Anthony Rolfe-Johnson,
tenor (Mönch); John Shirley-Quirk,
baritone (Auserwählte); Paul Hudson,
bass (Ringender); Siegmund Nimsgern,
bass (Gabriel); BBC Singers;
BBC Symphony Orchestra;
Pierre Boulez, conductor (recorded:
IRCAM, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, 1
April 1980) (27:46 + 19:33 = 47:19)
- *CBS 79349 stereo (1982) LP
- *CBS I3M 37863 stereo
(1982) LP
- *CBS Sony 75 DC 962/64
stereo A?D (1987) CD
- *Sony Classical SMK 48462
stereo ADD (1993) CD
- *Sony Classical SSK 6343
stereo ADD (1996) CD (excerpt)
- *Sony Classical SSK 6344
stereo ADD (1996) CD (excerpt)
- *Sony Classical SSK 6346
stereo ADD (1996) CD (excerpt)
- *Sony Classical [s.n.] stereo
ADD (1998) CD (excerpt)
- Barbara Kilduff, soprano (Seele
1); Barbara Fuchs,
soprano (Seele 2); Jadwiga Rappé,
mezzo-soprano (Sterbende); Keith Lewis,
tenor (Berufener); Wilfried Gahmlich,
tenor (Aufrührerischer); Kurt Azesberger,
tenor (Mönch); Bjørn Waag,
baritone (Auserwählte); Matteo de Monti,
bass (Ringender); Cornelius Hauptmann,
bass (Gabriel); Rundfunkchor
Berlin (Robin Gritton, director);
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester
Frankfurt; Eliahu Inbal, conductor
(recorded: Alte Oper Frankfurt, Germany, 6-9
September 1994) (4:35 + 4:33 + 3:42 + 1:47 + 3:49 + 1:47 + 4:48 + 4:14
+ 3:28 + 3:25 + 7:23 = 43:42)
- Laura Aikin, soprano (Seele,
Sterbende); Glenn Winslade,
tenor (Berufener); Guy Renard,
tenor (Aufrührerischer); Thomas Harper,
tenor (Mönch); James Johnson,
baritone (Auserwählte); Hanno Müller-Brachmann,
baritone (Ringender); John Bröcheler,
baritone (Gabriel); Rundfunkchor
Berlin (Sigurd Brauns, director); SWR
Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg; Michael Gielen,
conductor (recorded: Konzerthaus, Freiburg, Germany, 26-28
August 1996) (4:12 + 4:42 + 2:50 + 2:01 + 4:13 + 2:03 + 5:22 + 5:04
+ 3:08 + 2:49 + 5:53 = 42:23)
- *Hänssler Classic CD 93.015
stereo DDD (2002) 2 CD
- Miki Sahashi, soprano (Seele);
Emi Sawahata, soprano (Seele);
Kazuko Nagai, mezzo-soprano (Sterbende);
Makoto Tanaka, tenor (Berufener);
Nobuaki Yoshida, tenor (Aufrührerischer);
Kei Fukui, tenor (Mönch);
Tsuyoshi Mihara, baritone (Auserwählte);
Tetsuya Uno, bass (Ringender); Siegfried
Lorenz, baritone (Gabriel); Tokyo
Symphony Chorus (Hirofumi Misawa,
director; Norichika Iimori, assistant
director); Tokyo Symphony
Orchestra; Kazuyoshi Akiyama,
conductor (recorded: live, NHK Broadcasting, Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan,
September 1997) (45:32)
- *Auvidis Montaigne MO 782112
stereo DDD (1998) CD
- *Montaigne Naïve MO 782146
stereo DDD (2001) CD
- Heidi Meier, soprano (Seele); Salomé Kammer, soprano (Sterbende); Jonas Kaufmann, tenor (Berufener); Stephan Rügamer, tenor (Aufrührerischer); Kurt Azesberger, tenor (Mönch); James Johnson, baritone (Auserwählte); Michael Volle, baritone (Ringender); Dietrich Henschel, baritone (Gabriel); Rundfunkchor Berlin (Simon Halsey, director); Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Kent Nagano, conductor (recorded: Studio 1, N.L.G. GmbH, Berlin, Germany, April 2003) (10:36 + 0:21 + 3:01 + 0:36 + 1:17 + 0:41 + 2:58 + 1:45 + 3:04 + 2:34 + 2:29 + 2:48 + 3:20 + 2:26 + 5:53 = 44:13)
- *Harmonia Mundi France HMC 801821 stereo DDD (2004) SACD
