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Both singers respond magnificently to Korngold's testing vocal lines, with their wide leaps and need for solid legato. Connolly's rich mezzo comes into its own here, the opening lines of 'Mond,... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Mar 2009
Catalogue No: SIGCD160
Label: Signum
Length: 74 minutes

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Korngold: Sonnett fur Wien Op. 41

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Iain Burnside, William Dazeley, Sarah Connolly

Korngold: Vier Abschiedslieder, Op. 14

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Iain Burnside, William Dazeley, Sarah Connolly

Sterbelied

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Dies eine kann mein Sehnen

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Mond, so gehst du wieder auf

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Gefasster Abschied

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Korngold: 3 Lieder Op. 18

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Iain Burnside, William Dazeley, Sarah Connolly

In meine innige Nacht

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Tu ab den Schmerz

Track length1:39

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Versuchung

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Korngold: Drei Lieder, Op. 22

Work length8:24

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Iain Burnside, William Dazeley, Sarah Connolly

Was du mir bist?

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Mit dir zu schweigen

Track length1:58

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Welt ist stille eingeschlafen

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Korngold: Four Shakespeare Songs Op. 31

Work length10:08

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Iain Burnside, William Dazeley, Sarah Connolly

Desdemona's Song

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Under the Greenwood tree

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Blow, blow, thou winter wind

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When birds do sing

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Korngold: Unvergänglichkeit, Op. 27

Work length10:55

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Iain Burnside, William Dazeley, Sarah Connolly

Unverganglichkeit

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Das eilende Bachlein

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Das schlafende Kind

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Starker als der Tod

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Unverganglichkeit

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Korngold: Songs of the Clown Op. 29

Work length8:26

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Iain Burnside, William Dazeley, Sarah Connolly

Come away death

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O Mistress Mine

Track length1:51

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Adieu, Good Man Devil

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Hey Robin

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For the rain, it raineth every day

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Korngold: 5 Lieder Op. 38

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Iain Burnside, William Dazeley, Sarah Connolly

Gluckwunsch

Track length2:39

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Der Kranke

Track length2:38

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Alt-Spanisch

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Old English Song

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My Mistress' Eyes

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Favourites, Erich Wolfgang Korngold

James chooses his favourite recordings of the music of Korngold, best known for his Violin Concerto as well as numerous operas and film scores.

Erich Korngold is perhaps best known as the pioneering émigré composer whose grand orchestral scores defined the sound of film during the golden age of Hollywood.As well as this however, his considerably large output for voice in the form of lieder and song highlighted the strong bond that Korngold forever held with his homeland and the city of Vienna, the city inextricably linked to the high-Romantic style that Korngold so ably perfected.This disc continues the successful, long-running collaboration between Signum and the pianist and broadcaster Iain Burnside, as well as being our second disc with star opera singer and recitalist Sarah Connolly.

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September 2009

Both singers respond magnificently to Korngold's testing vocal lines, with their wide leaps and need for solid legato. Connolly's rich mezzo comes into its own here, the opening lines of 'Mond, so gehst du wieder auf' a case in point. Iain Burnside accompanies with his customary insight.

2010

Those for whom Korngold's music is an acquired taste may not feel the need for another CD, but this new collection is exceptionally well performed and recorded. The mixture of songs in German and English works very well, and having two voices sharing them in some groups means that any sense of monotony is avoided.
As in his operas and film scores, one can hear Korngold drawing on different influences – there are a couple of songs that seem like affectionate parodies of Mahler, others in which he is moving away from his Viennese roots and assimilating American and English styles. The Four ShakespeareSongs, Op 31, are particularly engaging, William Dazeley really letting go in 'When birds do sing', and Sarah Connolly bringing all her artistry to bear on Desdemona's Willow Song.
Both singers are sometimes stretched to the limits of their resources, especially in Korngold's songs composed after the disappointing reception accorded to his 'gargantuan' opera Das Wunderder Heliane. The first of the Drei Lieder, Op 18, is a setting of a poem by Hans Kaltneker (author of Heliane), 'In meine innige Nacht', which Dazeley sings with great intensity. Korngold's last song, 'Sonnett für Wien' (which gives the disc its title) is another, posthumously published, poem by Kaltneker. In this song, one feels that Korngold was bidding farewell not only to Vienna, the city of his youthful success, but to music and life itself.
Iain Burnside plays Korngold's often fiercely difficult accompaniments with obvious affection and relish. This is a very beautiful disc, recommended even to those who think they don't care for Korngold's style.

July 2009

There have been several discs of Korngold's Lieder… but this new collection is exceptionally well performed and recorded. The Four Shakespeare Songs, Op 31, are particularly engaging, William Dazeley really letting go in "When birds do sing", and Sarah Connolly bringing all her artistry to bear on Desdemona's Willow song. Iain Burnside plays Korngold's often fiercely difficult accompaniments with obvious affection and relish. This is a very beautiful disc which I would recommend even to those who think they don't care for Korngold's style.

1st December 2014

Korngold in more intimate mode, with a captivating disc of songs, including the enchanting Sonnett für Wien and the delicate set of Four Shakespeare Songs. Vocal duties are shared between mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly and baritone William Dazeley, and there's sterling support from pianist Iain Burnside, who manages Korngold's virtuosic piano writing with apparent ease.

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