"Music
is music whether it is for the stage, rostrum or cinema . Form
may change , the manner of writing may vary, but the composer needs
to make no concessions whatever to what he conceives to be his own
musical ideology ....."
Erich
Wolfgang Korngold (interviewed in 1946)
- UK premiere -
of Die tote Stadt at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, LONDON - January 2009
The acclaimed Salzburg/Vienna production by Willy Decker will be conducted by Ingo Metzmacher. It opens on 26 January 2009, with 6 further performances. The cast includes Stephen Gould (Paul) Nadia Michael (Marie-Marietta) and Gerald Finlay (Frank-Pierrot).
DIE TOTE STADT/The Dead City - wordwide -
VIENNA: May 2, 5, 9, 12, 16, 2008 and again
March 28, 31, April 3, 6, 2009, Klaus Fl. Vogt, Angela Denoke
DÜSSELDORF (some exerpts only) Robert-Schumann-Hochschule (University)
May 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 2008
Thomas Gabrisch, cond.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, War Memorial Opera House
Sept. 23, 26, Oct. 1, 4, 9, 12, 2008
Emily Magee, Thorsten Kerl, D. Runnicles, cond.
LONDON, Royal Opera House
Jan. 26, 27, 30, Febr. 2, 5, 11, 2009
St.Gould/Th.Kerl, Nadja Michael (the Marietta from Amsterdam), Ingo Metzmacher, cond.
For the first time on DVD! Digitally restored from the beautifully preserved nitrate camera negative in the Warner Archives, to its original 1935 "Roadshow Version" length, that will include the Overture, Intermission and Exit music, this first DVD release includes the first ever commercial release of the short film 'A Dream Comes True' (1936) that features the only known footage of Erich Wolfgang Korngold playing the piano! Release date: August 14. details
Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Academy Award-Winning Score to The Adventures of Robin Hood Now Available in Expanded Symphonic Portrait
Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Academy Award-winning score to the 1938 film The Adventures of Robin Hood is now available in a new symphonic portrait arranged by John Mauceri. The portrait expands upon the material from the original symphonic suite which was a simplified 16-minute work that utilized a reduced orchestration and remained the only published materials from the award-winning score.
In this arrangement Mauceri expands the duration to 28 minutes and the story of Robin Hood emerges as a type of tone poem without altering a single note of the original material. Listener's enjoy a more complete understanding of Korngold's magnificent achievement in the new suite and experience a more complex and fulfilling journey with each performance. This work, written in dedication to the Korngold family, received its world premiere in Vienna's Konzerthaus on November 29, 2007 on the 50th anniversary of the composer's death.
New DVDrelease
"Kings Row"
For Europeans & US members, it is now available (in Region 1 version only) from : www.amazon.co.uk
New publication Schott's new publication of Korngold's UNPUBLISHED SONGS Vol 1 is out details
New CD release March/April Release of the complete film score to THE SEA HAWK on
CD (Marco Polo/Naxos) conducted by William Stromberg with the Moscow
Symphony Orchestra with extended essay by Brendan G Carroll
New CD release
April/May Release of complete film score to KINGS ROW on CD
conducted by Korngold himself from archive studio recordings, from Turner/Rhino.
With extended essay by Brendan G Carroll
New DVD release
Korngold's last Hollywood film, the 1946 classic DECEPTION will be released on DVD by Warner Bros (USA only) on April 1st.
It is available on Pre-order from :- www.amazon.com
Die
tote stadt
(First
release ever -Historical Recording)
Maud
Cunitz......Marietta - Karl Friedric.......Paul
Benno
Kusche...Frank - Lilian Benningsen...Brigitta Chor und
SinfonieOrchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Dir: Fritz LehmannMunchen
1952
First release
ever! -Audiophile remastering CD WLC004/2cd
Order
at : Klassikon.com
DVD release Anne
Sofie von Otter
Korngold
tribute
TDK mediactive (TDK)
New CD release
Korngold's Violin Sonata Opus 6 (paired
with the Sonata Op 18 by Richard Strauss)
Czech virtuoso, Frantisek Novotny (violin)
with Serguei Milstein (Piano)
CLARTON label - Buy
Now at: www.cdmusic.cz
"The
Adventures of Benjamin Schmid" - a new 100 minute documentary about the
gifted young Austrian violinist whose performances of Korngold were the
highlight of the Salzburg Festival 2004, is directed by award-winning
film maker Tony Palmer, and features extensive footage of the Salzburg
Festival 2004 that includes performances of the Korngold Violin
Concerto and his Suite for Left Hand Op 23, will be screened on
Austrian & German TV in July and released on DVD by the OEHMS label
later in 2006! It also includes interviews with Korngold's
grand-daughter Kathrin, conductor Seji Ozawa and with Korngold's
biographer Brendan G Carroll. It also features beautiful location
footage shot at Schloss Hoeselberg, Korngold's exquisite country home
in Gmunden, now beautifully restored. This is the first time that film
has been taken of this very special house.
Korngold
Film Trailers
Turner Classic Movies has now loaded a huge number of its vintage
Trailers on line, available for free downloads. The collection
includes all of the Korngold films plus the very rare short film
"A Dream Comes True" which contains the only known footage
of Korngold playing the piano. link
Forbidden Songs"
Verbotene Lieder - FORBIDDEN SONGS - COMPOSERS IN EXILE"
Songs by Grosz, Weill, Ullmann and Korngold
sung by CHRISTIANE OELZE with Eric Schneider, pianist
Capriccio 71 062 (Germany release but now available worldwide)
This is now released & includes the complete Opus 22 Lieder Cycle +
No 1 from Unvergaenglichkeit Op 27 in fine
performances
Korngold Lieder A
major 2 volume publication of all of Korngold's unpublished songs
is in preparation by Schott.
Date to be announced
Many
thanks to :KLASSIKON,
Mr. Andreas Rikakis, Mr. Laurent de Giorgio,
Mr.
John Anastasiadis
and
Mrs. Manto Diamantopoulou for their support
www.korngold-society.org
is onlya
domain name
and
a simple keyword for the use of internet web site only .
We
have no similarity with the International Korngold
society
based in Germany , whose president is
Mr Brendan G Carroll .
