Detlef Hahn, Andrew Ball - Korngold: The Complete Music for Violin and Piano (2000)
BAND/ARTIST: Detlef Hahn, Andrew Ball
- Title: Korngold: The Complete Music for Violin and Piano
- Year Of Release: 2000
- Label: Decca (UMO)
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 01:07:50
- Total Size: 295 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 6: 1. Ben moderato, ma con passione
02. Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 6: 2. Scherzo (Allegro molto - con fuoco)
03. Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 6: 3. Adagio (Mit tiefer Empfindung)
04. Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 6: 4. Finale (Allegretto quasi Andante - con grazia)
05. Much Ado about Nothing Suite, Op. 11: 1. Mädchen im Brautgemach (Bridal Morning)
06. Much Ado about Nothing Suite, Op. 11: 2. Holzapfel und Schlehwein (Dogberry and Verges)
07. Much Ado about Nothing Suite, Op. 11: 3. Gartenszene (Intermezzo)
08. Much Ado about Nothing Suite, Op. 11: 4. Mummenschanz (Hornpipe)
09. Much Ado about Nothing Suite, Op. 11: Korngold: Sonett für Wien (In Memoriam), Op. 41
10. Marchenbilder, Op. 3: Caprice Fantastique (The Goblins)
11. Das Wunder der Heliane: Gesang der Heliane (Ich ging zu Ihm)
12. Der Schneemann: Serenade
13. Die tote Stadt: Pierrots Tanzlied
14. Die tote Stadt: Mariettaslied
This is an indispensable disc gathering together the complete works for violin and piano – all superbly performed – including no fewer than three world-premiere recordings.
The disc opens with the remarkably early, but emotionally mature, Violin Sonata in D – a ravishing work that ranks among Korngold's major compositions. The Sonata is lyrical and expansive and has all the characteristics of Korngold's melodic and harmonic idiom – there's certainly nothing apprentice about this piece. Hahn and Ball give a beautifully crafted performance indeed and have truly absorbed the essence of this masterly score.
Korngold's suite of incidental music for MuchAdo About Nothing has enjoyed a certain amount of currency in its original orchestral version, but less so in Korngold's own arrangement for violin and piano heard here. The transition works marvellously, being ideally suited to the intimacy of chamber music. The second movement, 'Dogberry and Verges', a grotesque march depicting the two drunken night-watchmen, pays passing homage to Korngold's childhood idol Gustav Mahler, and elsewhere in the suite there are constant intimations of the film scores of later years.
The remainder of the disc is devoted to smaller arrangements of works, including two extracts from the opera Die tote Stadt and one from DasWunder der Heliane as well as the gorgeous song setting Sonett für Wien (In Memoriam), Op 41, the theme of which Korngold also used in the 1946 film Escape Me Never. The sound recording is excellent.
01. Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 6: 1. Ben moderato, ma con passione
02. Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 6: 2. Scherzo (Allegro molto - con fuoco)
03. Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 6: 3. Adagio (Mit tiefer Empfindung)
04. Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 6: 4. Finale (Allegretto quasi Andante - con grazia)
05. Much Ado about Nothing Suite, Op. 11: 1. Mädchen im Brautgemach (Bridal Morning)
06. Much Ado about Nothing Suite, Op. 11: 2. Holzapfel und Schlehwein (Dogberry and Verges)
07. Much Ado about Nothing Suite, Op. 11: 3. Gartenszene (Intermezzo)
08. Much Ado about Nothing Suite, Op. 11: 4. Mummenschanz (Hornpipe)
09. Much Ado about Nothing Suite, Op. 11: Korngold: Sonett für Wien (In Memoriam), Op. 41
10. Marchenbilder, Op. 3: Caprice Fantastique (The Goblins)
11. Das Wunder der Heliane: Gesang der Heliane (Ich ging zu Ihm)
12. Der Schneemann: Serenade
13. Die tote Stadt: Pierrots Tanzlied
14. Die tote Stadt: Mariettaslied
This is an indispensable disc gathering together the complete works for violin and piano – all superbly performed – including no fewer than three world-premiere recordings.
The disc opens with the remarkably early, but emotionally mature, Violin Sonata in D – a ravishing work that ranks among Korngold's major compositions. The Sonata is lyrical and expansive and has all the characteristics of Korngold's melodic and harmonic idiom – there's certainly nothing apprentice about this piece. Hahn and Ball give a beautifully crafted performance indeed and have truly absorbed the essence of this masterly score.
Korngold's suite of incidental music for MuchAdo About Nothing has enjoyed a certain amount of currency in its original orchestral version, but less so in Korngold's own arrangement for violin and piano heard here. The transition works marvellously, being ideally suited to the intimacy of chamber music. The second movement, 'Dogberry and Verges', a grotesque march depicting the two drunken night-watchmen, pays passing homage to Korngold's childhood idol Gustav Mahler, and elsewhere in the suite there are constant intimations of the film scores of later years.
The remainder of the disc is devoted to smaller arrangements of works, including two extracts from the opera Die tote Stadt and one from DasWunder der Heliane as well as the gorgeous song setting Sonett für Wien (In Memoriam), Op 41, the theme of which Korngold also used in the 1946 film Escape Me Never. The sound recording is excellent.
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