First work is an opera (monodrama) in 1 act (4 scenes); 2nd for speaker (Sprechstimme), piano, flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin/viola & violoncello; 3rd for mezzo-soprano & 17 instruments, as arr. by the composer from the original.
Vocal texts by Marie Pappenheim (Frischauf) (1st work), Albert Giraud (tr. by Otto Erich Hartleben) (2nd work) & Jens Peter Jacobsen (tr. by Robert Franz Arnold) (3rd work).
Compact disc.
Originally issued on CBS analog discs, 1978-1982.
Durations: 29:30; 34:15; 12:40.
Program notes by Susanne Rode-Breymann in English & German and German vocal texts with English translations inserted in container.
Sung or recited in German.