Der Watzmann ruft
by Ambros • Tauchen • Prokopetz
- Type: Album
- Released: November 1974
- Label: Bellaphon
- Country: Austria
- Length: 41:24
- Community rating: 3.68/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Wolfgang Ambros, Joesi Prokopetz, and Manfred Tauchen collaborated to create this legendary Austrian rock opera and radio drama. Known as a rustic conceptual piece, it parodies traditional Alpine folklore with dark humor, recounting a sinister tale of the Watzmann mountain. The album became a massive cultural phenomenon in Austria and Southern Germany, inspiring numerous theatrical adaptations.
Genres
Descriptors: conceptual, death, progressive, melodic, rhythmic, German language, theatrical, satirical, narrative
Tracklist
- Volkschor: Hollaröhdulliöh / Ouverture / Prolog (7:38)
- Lied: Hollaröhdulliöh / Gespräch der Knechte, 1. Teil (3:31)
- Lied: Hollaröhdulliöh / Szene: " Das Rufen " , 2. Teil (3:59)
- Der Berg (4:34)
- Szene: " Die Jagd " (1:44)
- Lied: Oh St. Hubertus / Gespräch der Knechte, 2. Teil (4:33)
- Lied: Die Gailtalerin, 1. Teil / Szene: " Die Gailtalerin " (3:58)
- Lied: Die Gailtalerin, 2. Teil / Szene: " Der Kampf " (3:13)
- Lied: Aufi, Aufi! / Szene: " Der Berg holt sich den Buben " (4:48)
- Lied: Er fällt / Szene: " Das Maß ist noch nicht voll " (3:22)
Credits
- Wolfgang Ambros - primary artist, music by, vocals, voice actor [großknecht, geisterstimme], lead vocals vocal
- Manfred Tauchen - primary artist, text by [scenes], supervised by, voice actor [vater, gailtalerin, 1. knecht, chor der weiber], vocal
- Joesi Prokopetz - primary artist, lyrics by, voice actor [bua, 2. knecht, chor der weiber], vocal
- Günter Großlercher - acoustic guitar
- Christian Kolonovits - arranged by, performer [overture], piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer, arranger
- Heinz Jäger - bass, bass guitar
- Fritz Matzka - drums, drums (drum set)
- Josef Kuluntschitsch - electric guitar
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