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Korngold - Complete Incidental Music: Much Ado About Nothing, Der Vampir | Naxos 8573355

Korngold - Complete Incidental Music: Much Ado About Nothing, Der Vampir

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8573355

Barcode: 0747313335572

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 11th February 2022

Contents

Artists

Ekkehard Abele (narrator)
Hans Jorg Mammel (tenor)
Holst-Sinfonietta Chorus
Holst-Sinfonietta

Conductor

Klaus Simon

Works

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang

Der Vampir oder Die Gejagten (concert version by C Bauer and K Simon)
Much Ado About Nothing, op.11: Incidental music

Artists

Ekkehard Abele (narrator)
Hans Jorg Mammel (tenor)
Holst-Sinfonietta Chorus
Holst-Sinfonietta

Conductor

Klaus Simon

About

Korngold’s greatest critical successes lay in the field of opera and in his film scores. The early sets of incidental music reflect these two elements, sharing the theatrical bravura of opera and anticipating his own later filmic techniques. The music for the Viennese production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in 1920, heard here in full, is expressive and dramatic. Der Vampir, a psychological study of desire, seduction and greed, is rarely heard, but remains a potent example of Korngold’s instinct for directness of characterisation.

Korngold’s most radical opera Das Wunder der Heliane is also available on Naxos 866041012. Opera News wrote ‘The cast assembled for this recording does an admirable job … Fabrice Bollon conducts the Freiburg Philharmonic in a charged interpretation of this mammoth work’.

The Holst-Sinfonietta celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2021. An open-minded approach to repertoire has brought performances of works by Steve Reich, Terry Riley, John Adams, Joseph Schwantner, HK Gruber, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Anno Schreier and others, in stimulating and innovative programmes.

Conductor Klaus Simon is also the pianist in our Korngold Songs series. Of Vol.1 (8572027), MusicWeb International wrote: ‘Klaus Simon provides consistently non-intrusive but illuminating accompaniments… A delightful programme comprising the lesser-known Korngold songs delivered to perfection.’

Freiburg-based chamber ensemble the Holst-Sinfonietta takes its name from the English composer Gustav Holst. It was founded in 1996 by its conductor Klaus Simon with players from South Germany, France and Switzerland. Since it began, the ensemble has collaborated with the Opera Factory Freiburg, appearing on a series of broadcasts and recordings since 1999, including Vivier’s opera Kopernikus, which won a German Record Critics’ Award in 2016 and an International Classical Music Award in 2017.

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