Flammen - a two-act opera from the 1920s by Erwin Schulhoff who died in a German concentration camp in 1942. The story is a variant on the Don Juan myth - familiar from Mozart's Don Giovanni
- but here Don Juan falls in love with La Morte , the mythological female figure of death. The orchestration includes a jazz band, interwoven throughout the opera. Sung in Max Brod 's German version, and presented by Clive Bennett.
Jazz Ensemble, German
Symphony Orchestra, Berlin, conductor John Mauceri