Korngold reviews
Verklärte Nacht
Christine Rice (soprano), et al; BBC Symphony Orchestra/Edward Gardner (Chandos)
A Family Affair (Moreau)
Raphaelle Moreau, David Moreau (violin), Edgar Moreau (cello), Jérémie Moreau (piano) (Erato)
Lento Religioso
Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson (Channel Classics)
Vienne 1900
Eric Le Sage (piano), Zvi Plesser (cello), Daishin Kashimoto (violin), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Emmanuel Pahud (flute) (Alpha Classics)
Korngold: Violanta
Annemarie Kremer, Michael Kupfer-Radecky et al; Orchestra e Coro Teatro Regio Torino/Pinchas Steinberg (Dynamic)
Exiles in Paradise
Brinton Averil Smith (cello), Evelyn Chen (piano) (Naxos)
Korngold: Das Wunder der Heliane
Annemarie Kremer, Ian Storey, Katerina Hebelková; Freiburg Theatre Choir; Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra/Fabrice Bollon (Naxos)
Korngold: Piano Trio Op. 1; Zemlinsky: Piano Trio Op. 3
Stefan Zweig Trio (Ars Produktion)
A performance of Korngold's Violin Concerto and Bernstein's Serenade after Plato's 'Symposium'
Written around nine years apart in mid-20th- century USA, these concertos complement one another surprisingly well. Both composers of Jewish immigrant heritage – though very contrasting ones – each had a strongly individual voice and refused to compromise amid changing fashions.
Ben-Haim • Bloch • Korngold: Cello Concertos
Raphael Wallfisch (cello); BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Lukasz Borowicz (CPO)
Bartók • Korngold: Piano Quintets
Piers Lane (piano); Goldner String Quartet (Hyperion)
Korngold’s Symphony brilliantly reassessed in John Wilson recording
‘The playing of the Sinfonia of London is astonishingly brilliant, with Hollywood-dream glories in the string tone’