classical music: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

classical music: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

classical music:

Erich Wolfgang Kor...

Eric Kim, Klaus Badelt, ...

Telarc, 2007

"Swashbuckling Films from the Golden Age ... Kunzel ... Telarc (2007)"
Telarc Records presents "MASTERS AND COMMANDERS - MUSIC FROM SEAFARING FILM CLASSICS" --- Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops deliver a superior quality performance --- The presentation of themes from various swashbuckling films becomes an enjoyable experience --- The ...

Renee Fleming: By Request

Vincenzo Bellini, Alfredo Catalani, ...

Decca, 2003

Just plain great!
This is my favorite album!!! I use it to mellow out, or just listen to her magnificent voice. I've passed on a few of her other albums, but if I lost this one, I'd buy it over and over again.

Korngold: The Sea Hawk

Erich Wolfgang Korngold, London Symphony Orchestra, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2002

MAGIC FORMULA
This disc provides four sets of selections from Korngold's legendary film scores. That suits me for one better than the scores in their entirety, and I like the way the production has been done, with each set of extracts played without intermissions (although there are ...

Korngold - Die tote Stadt / Leinsdorf

Erich Leinsdorf, Carol Nebrett, ...

RCA, 1991

The forgotten gem
Die Tote Stadt by Korngold should be produced more often. It has one of the most haunting arias ever written,"Glueck, das mir verblieb." As one critic wrote, "I don't know if Marietta's Lied is a great aria or not, but you will never get it out of your head." ...

In A Monastery Garden: The Immortal Works Of Ketelbey

Benjamin Godard, Richard Heuberger, ...

Decca Import, 1996

Ketelbey must have influenced the great film soundtrack composers
I can see how this music might have been used as accompaniment to a showing of the silent film "Thief of Baghdad", or "The Sheik", or any one of those swashbucklers. Not that the exotic was all that Ketelbey indulged in, as this CD will reveal. I recommend it highly. ...

Kiri

Kiri Te Kanawa, Giacomo Puccini, ...

EMI Classics, 2001

Brava Kiri! Brava!
Earlier this evening, I had a unique privilege in seeing Dame Kiri Te Kanawa live here in Edinburgh at Usher Hall and truly it was a captivating experience, I booked the ticket six months ealier for I know it would be sold out. Dame Kiri has always been my favourite ...

Renee Fleming - The Beautiful Voice ~ Gounod, Lehar, Orff, Puccini, Rachmaninov, Strauss

Gustave Charpentier, Charles Gounod, ...

London/Decca, 1998

Renee Fleming;THE BEAUTIFUL VOICE
IT'S A FINE RECORDING THAT OFFERS A VARIETY OF SELECTIONS FROM OPERA, OPERETTAS AND FOLK SONGS, ALL WITH FLEMING AT HER BEST.

Barber, Korngold, Walton: Violin Concertos

Samuel Barber, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, ...

Cbc, 2006

A Rising Violin Star Plays Three 20th-Century Romantic Violin Concerti Gorgeously
This disc featuring Manitoba-born violinist James Ehnes (pronounced 'Ennis') confirms for me my suspicion that he is one of the best of the younger generation of violin soloists on the concert circuit. I had heard and greatly admired his earlier recordings of Bach's ...

Vintage Cinema [Hybrid SACD]
Elmer Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein, ...

Telarc, 2008

Violin Adagios

Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber, ...

Decca, 2001

Exquisite collection & performances, unbelievable value!!!
"Over 2 l/2 hours of the world's most beautiful music." These words on the cover are very close to true. What an incredible value this collection is!! So many of these compilations of this sort are cheaply produced, and those "greatest hits" collections are one ...

Devil's Dance

Antonio Bazzini, William Bolcom, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2000

... the best music ever recorded!
Sometimes I forget to breathe-this CD is so mind-blowing! This is the type of CD that you can't help but wave your hands around pretending to conduct the song!........ Ok.... Deep breathes.......o-o...I have to calm down! Now this CD features not just the best ...

Korngold - Die tote Stadt

Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Leif Segerstam, ...

Naxos, 1997

Wonderously exciting!
Until this recording came out, I knew very little about this opera. I knew the plot, and I was familiar with only one "aria" from it recorded by Leontyne Price. Well, what a joy to hear the complete work. It is a 20th century opera but one of such beauty, one that is a ...

Korngold: Concerto; Rózsa: Concerto; Tema con variazioni; Waxman: "Carmen" Fantasy

Gregor Piatigorsky, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, ...

RCA, 1997

Masterful performances
The Rózsa violin concerto is one of my favorite pieces and this is, beyond all doubt, the best recorded performance of this far-too-neglected work. I do have one quibble with Maestro Heifitz's performance: he rushes the central theme of the middle movement a bit; I ...

Tune Your Brain: Music to Manage Your Mind, Body and Mood (An Audio Companion to the Book by Elizabeth Miles)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gregorian Chant, ...

Deutsche Grammophon; Polygram Classics & Jazz, 1997

Korngold: Symphony in F sharp; Einfache Lieder; Mariettas Lied

Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Franz Welser-Möst, ...

EMI Classics, 2005

Unbelievably lovely disc - great bargain now to boot!
I love Korngold and his symphony is a real treat! The songs are even more of a gem and of course you can't have enough of Hendricks and Marietta's Lied, now can you! (I think I have 3 or 4 sung versions and one for violin and piano!). If you haven't discovered Korngold ...