SACD, Korngold (composer)
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Special offer. Korngold: Symphony in F sharp, Theme and Variations & Straussiana
RecommendedSinfonia of London, John Wilson
The playing of the Sinfonia of London is astonishingly brilliant, with Hollywood-dream glories in the string tone. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th August 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2019, Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Winner - Orchestral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Special offer. Metamorphosen
RecommendedStrauss - Korngold - Schreker
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
These militant, tightly controlled, sometimes breathtaking performances demand to be heard and may divide opinion. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Orchestral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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I’m not sure there’s another musician working today who truly ‘gets’ what the ‘Hollywood Sound’ was, or indeed so successfully champions its place in music culture...Music from the likes of... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th September 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, Screen Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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Special offer. Verklärte Nacht
RecommendedSchoenberg - Fried - Lehár - Korngold
Christine Rice (mezzo), Stuart Skelton (tenor), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Across the programme Edward Gardner is preternaturally attentive, nailing the volatile blend of schmaltz and suffering that underpins the Lehár; and cloaking the moonbathing opening of the Fried... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st January 2021
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Korngold: Die tote Stadt
Gabrielle Fuchs (Juliette), Patricia Clark (Lucienne), Carol Neblett (Marie), Anton De Ridder (Gaston/Victorin), Willi Brokmeier (Graf Albert), René Kollo (Paul), Benjamin Luxon (Frank), Hermann Prey (Fritz), Tölzer Knabenchor, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Erich Leinsdorf
Since this premier recording was first released in 1975, Korngold’s 1920 opera is now a repertory piece programmed around the world...the performance under Leinsdorf is unlikely to be bettered,... — More…
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Jugendstil Songs 1898-1916
Korngold - Berg - Mahler
Camilla Tilling (soprano), Paul Rivinius (piano)
Tilling is on ravishing form in this beautifully paced album of Romantic and Expressionist songs; the balance between Tilling and Paul Ravinius’s sensitive playing is nigh-on perfect. — More…
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[Yamada] draws playing of felicitous polish, captivating flexibility and winning application throughout what is a most imaginative, distinctly moreish programme; indeed, on first acquaintance,... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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The quartet takes the greatest pleasure in all the required stylistic levels of music between heaven and earth. — More…
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Schallplattenkritik Quarterly Critics Choice, Autumn 2022, Chamber Music
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Special offer. Korngold: Violin Concerto and Bernstein: Serenade
Liza Ferschtman (violin)
Prague Symphony Orchestra, Het Gelders Orkest, Jiri Malat, Christian Vasquez
Absolutely splendid playing from Liza Ferschtman…The Korngold…receives a fairly heart-on-sleeve interpretation, with extrovert and energetic qualities to balance any hint of excessive swoop…Ferschtman’s... — More…
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…Ullmann has been imprisoned in the 'model' concentration camp at Terezín where he set three Poems by Hölderlin to music in 1944. …the shining clarity of Oelze's voice never fails to prickle... — More…
