Track Listings (8) - Disc #1| All Artists: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Flesch Quartet Title: Korngold: Piano Quintet op. 15, Suite op. 23 Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Asv Living Era Release Date: 1/19/1999 Genre: Classical Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 743625104721 |
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Korngold, a prodigy composer, wrote the expansive Piano Quintet when he was 24. It's composed on a large scale in a very lush, late-romantic idiom that makes it easy to understand how Korngold would eventually become most ... more » |
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Amazon.com Korngold, a prodigy composer, wrote the expansive Piano Quintet when he was 24. It's composed on a large scale in a very lush, late-romantic idiom that makes it easy to understand how Korngold would eventually become most famous as a writer of Hollywood movie music. You have to like this style to enjoy the music, but it's quite a good example of its type. The suite, written a few years later for the one-armed "virtuoso" Paul Wittgenstein (actually he couldn't play his way out of a paper bag), is even better music, with a gorgeous song as its fourth movement that may leave you breathless. The performances, by an excellent British ensemble and friends, are powerful enough to carry the music along, and the sympathetic program notes also help. --Leslie Gerber Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsRare Korngold Performed with Style Grady Harp | Los Angeles, CA United States | 03/23/2006 (4 out of 5 stars) "Erich Wolfgang Korngold remains an enigma. From his early works while in Germany such as the two included on this fine CD he all the promise to follow in the footsteps of the great post romantic composers. But when he our of necessity moved to the United States his highly regarded and justly famous film scores created there became his legacy. Not that the film scores are not magnificent: they contain some of the finest cinematic music composed. And certainly many 'serious composers' composed music for films! But now and then it is exciting to return to his works not meant to enhance a visual experience. Hisc oncerti, his gorgeous opera 'Die Tote Stadt' and his chamber works are some of the finest produced in his time. On this excellent CD we have the opportunity to taste two early works. The beautifully elegiac Suite for 2 violins, cello & piano left hand, Op 23 was yet another work composed for the one-armed Paul Wittgenstein and it receives a near flawless performance here by Jane Salmon, Douglas Paterson, William Howard, Clare McFarlane, Schubert Ensemble of London. Likewise the Quintet for piano & strings in E major, Op 15 as performed by Simon Blendis, Jane Salmon, Douglas Paterson, William Howard, Schubert Ensemble of London is young, fresh and sublimely romantic. The writing is brilliant and the musical thoughts and motifs are not derivative but clearly his own. The recorded sound is excellent and though the artists may not be individually well known, the Schubert Ensemble of London of which they all are members is a highly regarded chamber group. This is a fine introduction to Korngold's chamber music and one that will appeal to almost every music taste. Recommended. Grady Harp, March 06 " An unbelievable performance!!! Alicia De La Rocha | Barcelona, Spain | 08/22/2003 (5 out of 5 stars) "This recording of Korngold is absolutely the best recording that i have bought.It's not just the brilliant technique but also them soul shaking musicality.This recording is so wonderful that i have purchased it for several friends as a gift and all of them,whether they like this type of music or not, have fallen in love with both this record and Schubert Ensemble.Schubert Ensemble perform the Korngold's music with astonishing accuracy and excellent expression.They are warmly expressive,disciplined,and beautifully balanced. The sound quality is superb.This has become one of my favorite albums in any genre."
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