Erich Wolfgang Korngold

[Wanderer]

Looking for a complete edition of Korngold's compositions (if there is one).

There isn't.

[tjguitar]

Chandos reissued their recordings of his orchestral works as budget CDs maybe 7 or 8 years ago. Search Amazon...for his film music, I recommend the various Charles Gerhardt recordings. There were two Korngold albums as well as an Errol Flynn films album which had quite a bit of Korngold.

[vandermolen]

Chandos reissued their recordings of his orchestral works as budget CDs maybe 7 or 8 years ago. Search Amazon...for his film music, I recommend the various Charles Gerhardt recordings. There were two Korngold albums as well as an Errol Flynn films album which had quite a bit of Korngold.

I think that the excellent Gerhardt recordings have been reissued - in the USA I think - they now have yellow covers.

[Jaakko Keskinen]

I was especially interested in his  first compositions, so far unknown to me (because more mature works of his are to be found more easily and I'm already acquainted with most of them).

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Fell in love with 2nd movement of E flat string quartet. Really puts me in the good mood. 

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From what I can tell so far, this is quite a good performance of the masterful Violin Concerto:

https://www.youtube.com/v/c0mN39wBDKo

https://www.youtube.com/v/Fng4OCzrTdw

https://www.youtube.com/v/A2ZlAS0GA4s

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Fell in love with 2nd movement of E flat string quartet. Really puts me in the good mood. 

Looking forward to hearing all of the SQs and just the chamber music in general.

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What is everyone's favorite performance of the Symphony in F-sharp major?

[SonicMan46]

What is everyone's favorite performance of the Symphony in F-sharp major?

Hi John - just curious 'how much' classical music he composed - below from a Wiki article which also lists his works in other genres, for those interested.  From that source, his classical compositions by Opus numbers (not sure if this is complete?) - but I wanted to see just what I own which I've put in bold along w/ the performers and labels.

Relative to your question, I've probably only heard the version I own but am 'all ears' as to other suggestions - also, there are some piano & violin works that I might also want to obtain; the songs & operas probably not so, but that's just me - Dave

By opus number[Source]
Op. 1 - Piano Trio in D major (1909-1910) - Trio Parnassus, MDG
Op. 2 - Piano Sonata No. 2 in E major (1910)
Op. 3 - Märchenbilder ("Fairy Tale Pictures"), for piano solo (also orchestrated) (1910)
Op. 4 - Schauspiel-Ouvertüre ("Overture to a Play") (1911)
Op. 5 - Sinfonietta in B major (1911-1912) - Matthias Bamert, BBC Philharmonic, Chandos
Op. 6 - Violin Sonata in G major (1912-1913)
Op. 7 - Der Ring des Polykrates, opera buffa in one act (1913-1914)
Op. 8 - Violanta, opera in one act (1914-1915)
Op. 9 - (Sechs) Einfache Lieder ("Six Simple Songs") (1911)
Op. 10 - String Sextet in D major (1914-1916) - The Raphael Ensemble, Helios; Flesch Quartet, Brilliant (2-CD)
Op. 11 - Viel Lärmen um Nichts ("Much Ado for Nothing"), suite for violin-piano (1918-1919) - Mattes, RS Stuttgart, EMI (2-CD)
Op. 12 - Die tote Stadt, Op. 12, opera in three acts (1920) - just a song w/ Kiri Te Kanawa, EMI (2-CD)
Op. 13 - Sursum Corda (1919) - Matthias Bamert, BBC Philharmonic, Chandos
Op. 14 - (Vier) Lieder des Abschieds ("Four Songs of Farewell") (1920-1921)
Op. 15 - Piano Quintet in E major (1921-1922)
Op. 16 - String Quartet No. 1 in A major (1920-1923) - Flesch Quartet, Brilliant (2-CD)
Op. 17 - Piano Concerto in C-sharp major for piano left hand (1923) (composed for Paul Wittgenstein) - Howard Shelley, Bamert, Chandos
Op. 18 - Drei Gesänge ("Three Songs"), Op. 18 (1924)
Op. 19 - Vier kleine Karikaturen für Kinder ("Four Little Caricatures for Children") (1926)
Op. 20 - Das Wunder der Heliane, opera in three acts (1927)
Op. 21 - Geschichten von Strauss ("Tales from Strauss") (also orchestrated) (1927)
Op. 22 - Drei Lieder' ("Three Songs") (1928-1929)
Op. 23 - Suite for two violins, cello and piano left hand (1930) - Trio Parnassus, MDG
Op. 24 - Baby-Serenade (1928-1929)
Op. 25 - Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major (1931)
Op. 26 - String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major (1933) - Flesch Quartet, Brilliant (2-CD)
Op. 27 - Unvergänglichkeit ("Immortality") (1933)
Op. 28 - Die Kathrin, opera in three acts (1939)
Op. 29 - Narrenlieder ("Songs of the Clown") (1937)
Op. 30 - Passover Psalm, hymn for solo voice, chorus and orchestra (1941)
Op. 31 - Vier Shakespeare-Lieder ("Four Shakespeare Songs") (1937-1941)
Op. 32 - Prayer, for tenor, women's choir and organ (1941)
Op. 33 - Tomorrow, tone poem for mezzo-soprano, women's choir and orchestra, from the movie The Constant Nymph (1944)
Op. 34 - String Quartet No. 3 in D major (1944-1945) - Flesch Quartet, Brilliant (2-CD)
Op. 35 - Violin Concerto in D major (1937-1939, revised in 1945) - Ulf Hoelscher, Mattes w/ RS Stuttgart, EMI (2-CD)
Op. 36 - Die stumme Serenade, operetta (1946-1950)
Op. 37 - Cello Concerto in C major (1946) - Peter Dixon, Bamert-BBC Philharmonic, Chandos
Op. 38 - Fünf Lieder ("Five Songs") (1948)
Op. 39 - Symphonic Serenade in B-flat major, for string orchestra (1947-1948) - Matthias Bamert, BBC Philharmonic, Chandos
Op. 40 - Symphony in F-sharp major (1947-1952) - Franz Weiser-Möst w/ Philly Orch, EMI (2-CD)
Op. 41 - Sonett für Wien ("Sonnet for Vienna") (1953)
Op. 42 - Theme and Variations (1953) - Mattes, RS Stuttgart, EMI (2-CD)

[SonicMan46]

Well, I was reviewing my Korngold recordings as shown in my preceding post - of what is left of his instrumental works that might interest me, I was curious about the Violin Sonata (Op. 6) and the Piano Quintet (Op. 15), and was looking for a recording that might have both - found the one below on Amazon but the review attached was somewhat negative - anyone heard this performance?  Thanks - Dave

[Sergeant Rock]

What is everyone's favorite performance of the Symphony in F-sharp major?

I have these:
                           I         II         III        IV      Total
Welser-Möst       12:50   9:48   14:45    10:11   47:34
Kempe               14:12   9:14   15:04   10:23   48:53
Albrecht             14:50   9:56   15:20   10:25   50.31 
Downes              14:14  10:14  16:28   10:24   51:20
Previn                15:55  10:32  16:09   10:31   53:07
Storgards           15:55  11:03  15:36   11:11   53:48


I like a slow first movement. Previn's my favorite. He seems to bring out the drama more than the others. He also has the coolest cover 



Sarge

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Hi John - just curious 'how much' classical music he composed - below from a Wiki article which also lists his works in other genres, for those interested.  From that source, his classical compositions by Opus numbers (not sure if this is complete?) - but I wanted to see just what I own which I've put in bold along w/ the performers and labels.

Relative to your question, I've probably only heard the version I own but am 'all ears' as to other suggestions - also, there are some piano & violin works that I might also want to obtain; the songs & operas probably not so, but that's just me - Dave

Dave, this site should be of better assistance to you (in particular this link):

http://www.korngoldsociety.com/complete-works/?series=3

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I have these:
                           I         II         III        IV      Total
Welser-Möst       12:50   9:48   14:45    10:11   47:34
Kempe               14:12   9:14   15:04   10:23   48:53
Albrecht             14:50   9:56   15:20   10:25   50.31 
Downes              14:14  10:14  16:28   10:24   51:20
Previn                15:55  10:32  16:09   10:31   53:07
Storgards           15:55  11:03  15:36   11:11   53:48


I like a slow first movement. Previn's my favorite. He seems to bring out the drama more than the others. He also has the coolest cover 



Sarge

Thanks, Sarge. I bought the Previn on your recommendation.

[SonicMan46]

Dave, this site should be of better assistance to you (in particular this link):

http://www.korngoldsociety.com/complete-works/?series=3

Thanks John - looks like a great site which I've not visited before - includes his non-Opus assigned works - I'm listening to his Symphony at the moment (version I own mentioned before), and enjoying - another performance may be in my near future and the Previn as suggested by Sarge is the likely candidate!  Dave

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Thanks John - looks like a great site which I've not visited before - includes his non-Opus assigned works - I'm listening to his Symphony at the moment (version I own mentioned before), and enjoying - another performance may be in my near future and the Previn as suggested by Sarge is the likely candidate!  Dave

I, too, took Sarge's suggestion of the Previn and look forward to hearing it. I'm still debating on what I'm going to listen to first whenever all of these Korngold recordings start arriving. Decisions, decisions, but it will probably be some chamber music.

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Well, I was reviewing my Korngold recordings as shown in my preceding post - of what is left of his instrumental works that might interest me, I was curious about the Violin Sonata (Op. 6) and the Piano Quintet (Op. 15), and was looking for a recording that might have both - found the one below on Amazon but the review attached was somewhat negative - anyone heard this performance?  Thanks - Dave

Listening to that recording right now and, personally, I love it.

[Wanderer]

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I've been listening to this exceptional new release for the past few weeks. The op.23 Suite, my favourite among Korngold's chamber works, is a highly chromatic and wildly imaginative piano quartet (with unusual instrumentation: 2 violins, cello and piano left hand - written for the infamous Paul Wittgenstein). It is given here an intense and idiomatic interpretation that captures every nuance of the score, the fragrant allure, dreamy grotesquerie and ferocity. The  first movement, with a muscular piano cadenza that grips the ear like a dark incantation, unfolds like a feverish reverie; the middle movements veer into the fantastic, the dreamy and the bizarre and the splendid finale ends in a riotous theme-and-variations Korngoldian Mardi Gras. The piano trio is also given an exquisite performance. This is one of the most - if not the most - important Korngold releases of the last few years, the fresh, enthusiastic interpretations surpassing their recorded rivals in every way and by a long margin. Enthusiastically recommended.

[Wanderer]

Previn's my favorite. He seems to bring out the drama more than the others. He also has the coolest cover 

I agree. Still the best way to get to know Korngold's late symphonic musings (accompanied by a very good Viel Lärm um nichts Suite).

[SonicMan46]

Listening to that recording right now and, personally, I love it.

Thanks for the support of the Marco Polo disc - on order along w/ the Previn CD - Dave

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I've been listening to this exceptional new release for the past few weeks. The op.23 Suite, my favourite among Korngold's chamber works, is a highly chromatic and wildly imaginative piano quartet (with unusual instrumentation: 2 violins, cello and piano left hand - written for the infamous Paul Wittgenstein). It is given here an intense and idiomatic interpretation that captures every nuance of the score, the fragrant allure, dreamy grotesquerie and ferocity. The  first movement, with a muscular piano cadenza that grips the ear like a dark incantation, unfolds like a feverish reverie; the middle movements veer into the fantastic, the dreamy and the bizarre and the splendid finale ends in a riotous theme-and-variations Korngoldian Mardi Gras. The piano trio is also given an exquisite performance. This is one of the most - if not the most - important Korngold releases of the last few years, the fresh, enthusiastic interpretations surpassing their recorded rivals in every way and by a long margin. Enthusiastically recommended.

This is good to hear. I bought this recording yesterday. The audio samples certainly sounds great.