The Frog King

The Frog Prince, a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, retold by Ute Kleeberg. Awarded on the hr2 Audiobook Best List. In the old days, when wishes still came true, there lived a princess. Her favorite toy was a golden ball. Based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.

Music by Alessandro Stradella, Georg Friedrich Händel, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky, Carl Heinrich Biber, Godfrey Finger, Mauricio Kagel, György Ligeti.

Narrator: Samuel Weiss, Musicians: Wolfgang Bauer Consort, Wolfgang Bauer - Trumpet, Christian Ostertag - Violin, Benedetta Costantini-Betz - Violin, Ingrid Albert - Viola, Clemens Weigel - Cello, Thomas Strauss - Harpsichord.

Concept and realization: Kleeberg/Stoffel. For all who love fairy tales and can listen for an hour. In all productions of the Edition SEE-IGEL, the music does not come from archives, but consists of recordings made exclusively for this CD. Often these are even first recordings, meaning the musical pieces are not available on any other medium. The combination of music and language is a unique directorial composition – singular and at the highest level.

The following music can be heard on the CD: Carl Heinrich Biber (1681-1749): Sonata Adagio, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704): Sonata a 6 C-Dur, Allegro, Sonata X Adagio, Godfrey Finger (1656-1730): Sonata in C Andante Adagio Allegro Adagio Allegro, Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759): Suite in D "Water Music", Overture Gigue, Allegro Aire (Menuetto), March 1-2-1 (Bourrée), Mauricio Kagel (b. 1931): Old / New, György Ligeti (b. 1923): The Great Turtle Fanfare from the South China Sea, Alessandro Stradella (1644-1682): Sinfonia avanti il Barcheggio, Spiritosa, e staccata, Allegretto-Corrente, Canzone, Allegro, Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky (1640-1693): Sonata a 4 Bemollis, Sonata.