Tag: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
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Kreisler & Korngold: String Quartets from Vienna
An acclaimed recording of two outstanding string quartets by two of the early 20th century’s greatest tunesmiths returns to international availability, played by the acclaimed Angeles String Quartet and produced by the audiophile team of Marc Aubert and Joanna Nickrenz. “Kreisler and Korngold… both shared the same Viennese musical roots and both fled Vienna for…
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Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau & Korngold: Violin Concerto
Alexander Zemlinsky (1871–1942) and Erich Korngold (1897–1957) led similar lives. Both were Austrian-born and Jewish, and both were active as opera composers in Vienna in the first decades of the 20th century. The rise of the Nazis forced both composers to move to the United States, where Korngold fared much better than Zemlinsky. Korngold excelled…
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Korngold: Cello Concerto, Much Ado About Nothing Suite, Straussiana and More
“all performances warmly sympathetic…sound with full amplitude and plenty of range to suit the music” “operatic excerpts make up a warmly enjoyable programme” (Penguin Guide 3 stars); “Zuill Bailey proves a superbly stylish soloist in the single-movement Cello Concerto ….and I enjoyed it a lot. What a wonderfully compact and affecting work ! “ “Excellent…
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Manhattan Playboys – American Light Classics
“For over four decades when conducting the BBC’s Light Orchestras on radio… I always included pieces from the American repertoire which I knew from the Boston Pops and the Hollywood Bowl. These wonderful melodies were also a “hit” with audiences at my “Pops at the Philharmonic” concerts. I have put together a selection of favourites,…
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Marx: Rhapsodie / Korngold: Suite
