Korngold: Symphony, Violin Concerto & Film Music

Shaham gives a performance of effortless virtuosity and strong profile. […] Shaham and Previn together consistently bring out the [Violin Concerto’s] sensuous warmth without making the result... — Penguin Guide More…

Release Date: 13th May 2016
Catalogue No: ELQ4823438
Label: Eloquence
Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

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Korngold: Symphony in F sharp major, Op. 40

Work length53:16

London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn
Recorded: 1996-06-15
Recording Venue: All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London

1. Moderato, ma energico

Track length15:55

2. Scherzo: Allegro molto - Trio

Track length10:32

3. Adagio: Lento

Track length16:09

4. Finale: Allegro gaio

Track length10:40

Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Work length25:11

Gil Shaham (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn
Recorded: 1993-06
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

I. Moderato nobile

Track length9:01

II. Romance: Andante

Track length8:42

III. Finale: Allegro assai vivace

Track length7:28

Korngold: The Sea Hawk

Work length17:21

London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn
Recorded: 2001-07
Recording Venue: Abbey Road, Studio 1, London

Main Title

Track length2:13

Reunion

Track length2:32

The Albatros

Track length1:12

The Throne Room

Track length1:25

The Orchid

Track length0:28

Gold Carava

Track length2:38

Duel. Part I

Track length0:27

Duel Continued

Track length1:31

Freedom

Track length4:55

Korngold: The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex

Work length13:55

London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn
Recorded: 2001-07
Recording Venue: Abbey Road, Studio 1, London

Main Title

Track length2:05

Essex' Victory March

Track length0:56

The Chess Game

Track length1:36

Lady Penelope

Track length2:22

Elizabeth, The Queen

Track length2:05

Defeat In Ireland

Track length1:11

Darling

Track length2:54

Finale

Track length0:46

Korngold: Captain Blood

Work length14:05

London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn
Recorded: 2001-07
Recording Venue: Abbey Road, Studio 1, London

1. Main Title

Track length3:10

2. Sold Into Slavery

Track length2:37

3. Meeting On The Ocean

Track length2:47

5. Peter And Arabella

Track length3:01

6. Finale

Track length2:30

Korngold: The Prince and the Pauper. Suite

Work length22:28

London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn
Recorded: 2001-07
Recording Venue: Abbey Road, Studio 1, London

1. Main Title

Track length1:47

2. Tom

Track length2:59

3. The Prince

Track length4:15

4. The Boys Go To Play

Track length1:07

5. Riot

Track length1:51

6. Flirtation Waltz

Track length2:53

7. Duel

Track length1:58

8. The Seal

Track length1:29

9. Epilogue And Finale

Track length4:09

Korngold: Much Ado About Nothing, incidental music, Op. 11

Work length10:11

London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn
Recorded: 1996-06-15
Recording Venue: All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London

No. 2 The Maiden in the Bridal Chamber

Track length3:22

No. 3 Dogberry and Verges

Track length2:17

4. Intermezzo

Track length2:07

No. 5 Masquerade

Track length2:25

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The great yearning melodies and the seductiveness of Korngold’s orchestration are hard to resist. The sheer sweep and thrill of his music became what is sometimes called the ‘Hollywood sound’, but in no way makes him a less serious composer as this collection of works, all conducted by André Previn on Deutsche Grammophon, reveals. His Violin Concerto was premiered by Jascha Heifetz in 1947 and remains his most popular and frequently performed piece. Its predominant lyricism stems both from the late-Romantic tradition in which he grew up as a boy prodigy composer in Vienna, and from the second career which he adopted after leaving Nazi Europe. His large-scale Symphony, which Korngold dedicated, in gratitude, to the memory of the American president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, a man he had much admired, was first introduced to Vienna’s music lovers, who proceeded to dismiss it, on the one hand, as ‘atonal’ and, on the other, as ‘Mahlerian’ and to treat it with only the greatest reserve. It is only in the last forty or so years that it has gained greater popularity in the concert hall and the recording studio. In the summer of 1918, Korngold was invited to write the incidental music for a production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing planned by the Vienna Volksbühne. In the event, the production turned out to be so lavish and expensive that by the time it finally opened on 6 May 1920, it had had to be taken over by the Schönbrunn Palace Theatre! The four spectacular suites taken from his scores for four Hollywood box office successes, clearly demonstrate the qualities that make Korngold’s film music valuable away from the screen and worthy of concert performance.

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Shaham gives a performance of effortless virtuosity and strong profile. […] Shaham and Previn together consistently bring out the [Violin Concerto’s] sensuous warmth without making the result soupy

Classics Today

Previn, a distinguished film composer himself, leads aptly vivid performances of all four suites … The London Symphony plays with all of the panache that the music requires

Korngold: Symphony, Violin Concerto & Film Music

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