A century ago, on December 4, Korngold's opera Die tote Stadt premiered in two German cities, on the same night - Hamburg and Cologne. My extended essay on the opera and its performance history was originally written for a cancelled production this year but is now finally published online (link belo...

Chandos will release a new recording of Korngold's Abschiedslieder on January 8

Christine Rice (mezzo), Stuart Skelton (tenor), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner

Catalogue No: CHSA 5243

Works by Schoenberg - Fried - Lehár - Korngold

To end this dreadful year with some good news: Released already: https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.574008 and in November: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Korngold-Quintet-Spectrum-Concerts-8574019/dp/B08JF5FGWB/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=spectrum+concerts&qid=1603463606&s=music&sr=1-1...

The Turin production of VIOLANTA (January 2020) will be released on CD and DVD/Blu-ray on the Dynamic label Here are the links:- CD https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/146941/Korngold-_Violanta.htm BLU-RAY https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/146940/Korngold-_Violanta_(Blu-ray).htm DVD https://...

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The recent landmark recording by John Wilson & the Sinfonia of London of Korngold’s Symphony in F sharp (Chandos) has won the Best Orchestral Award from BBC Music magazine for this year!

An interesting concert next January at the Komische Oper. Including music from ELISABETH & ESSEX, the tone poem TOMORROW Opus 33 and arias from Das Wunder der Heliane and Die Kathrin!!


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This month marks the centenary of the world premiere of Korngold's delightful incidental music for Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and, lockdown notwithstanding, I have written an extended article detailing its history for the Museum of Music History in London. This is published online, today a...

UPDATE - this is now scheduled for broadcast on April 12 2020 at 19.30hrs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000h6t9

Let us hope the theatre is open by then!


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These fine recordings originally appeared in the 1990s on the now defunct ASV label. If you did not get them then, they have all been re-packaged for release next month on the Capriccio label - and at a bargain price!

SEE:

https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/C7%200350

Posted to Youtube is a record I never knew existed.....a piano fantasy on Korngold's adaptation of Offenbach's La Belle Helene drawn from the score for its London adaptation called "Helen" for C B Cochran. The pianist is the legendary Billy Mayerl. A priceless rarity! Enjoy! https://youtu.be/je4nFvH...

The recent Italian premiere in Turin of Korngold's early opera VIOLANTA (composed at the age of 17) and which is available to view at Operavision.eu, is now also uploaded in its entirety on Youtube. This is handy for those outside of Europe or who are unable to access Operavision. Here is the link:-...

The NEW RECORDING from British conductor John Wilson, of Korngold's Violin Concerto Opus 35 (Andrew Haveron, soloist) paired with the String Sextet Opus 10, is due for release on March 27 and is already available for pre-order on Amazon in the UK (not sure about the US and other countries) Here is t...

"..........it’s a late romantic masterpiece, full of the saturated orchestral sensuality so beloved of Strauss and Mahler"

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