Tote Stadt

Mikko Franck, Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera - Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (2022)

Mikko Franck, Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera - Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 716 Mb | Total time: 143:42 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Opus Arte | # OACD9050D | Recorded: 2010

Korngold was just 23 when his most celebrated stage work was premiered in 1920 by no less than Otto Klemperer. The rich orchestration and brilliant bel canto vocal writing is here superbly realised by a cast led by Klaus Florian Vogt and Camilla Nylund, with 'conducting to die for' (The Guardian ★★★★★) from Mikko Franck. 'I regard Die tote Stadt as one of the greatest operas of the first quarter of the 20th century and the Finnish National Opera’s production makes it stand out as a true masterpiece, scenically and musically.' (Seen and Heard International)

Markus Eiche - Korngold: Die tote Stadt, Op. 12 (Live) (2022)  Music

Posted by varrock at March 26, 2022
Markus Eiche - Korngold: Die tote Stadt, Op. 12 (Live) (2022)

Markus Eiche - Korngold: Die tote Stadt, Op. 12 (Live) (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks+booklet) - 744 MB | Tracks: 25 | 143:32
Style: Classical | Label: Opus Arte

Korngold was just 23 when his most celebrated stage work was premiered in 1920 by no less than Otto Klemperer. The rich orchestration and brilliant bel canto vocal writing is here superbly realized by a cast led by Klaus Florian Vogt and Camilla Nylund, with “conducting to die for” (The Guardian) from Mikko Franck. “I regard Die tote Stadt as one of the greatest operas of the first quarter of the 20th century and the Finnish National Opera’s production makes it stand out as a true masterpiece, scenically and musically” (Seen and Heard International).

Dorothea Herbert & Peter Nilsson - Die stille Stadt (2021)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Sept. 9, 2021
Dorothea Herbert & Peter Nilsson - Die stille Stadt (2021)

Dorothea Herbert & Peter Nilsson - Die stille Stadt (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 190 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 159 Mb | 01:09:09
Classical, Vocal | Label: 7 Mountain Records

German soprano Dorothea Herbert submerged herself into the quietness we’ve all encountered during the COVID lockdowns. Society became to a full stop, an of course tragic time but also one that offered introspection. Die stille Stadt gives musical expression to that and became an album with a radiating program consisting of music by the unfortunately still underrated Alma Mahler, two breathtaking song cycles by Erich Korngold (including the famous aria ‘Glück, das mir verblieb’ from Die tote Stadt), completed by a selection of very powerful and illustrative songs by Franz Schreker.
Sonja van Beek & Andreas Frolich - Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Complete Works for Violin & Piano (2000) [Re-Up]

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Complete Works for Violin & Piano (2000)
Sonja van Beek, violin; Andreas Frölich, piano

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 337 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 219 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: cpo | # cpo 999 709-2 | Time: 01:12:03

Although Korngold’s ‘complete works for violin and piano’ make up a reasonably full disc, it is only fair to point out that the Violin Sonata is the single work that is not an arrangement from one of his other pieces. Yet this Sonata, written at the age of 15 for Carl Flesch and Artur Schnabel no less, is a fine example of his early style, with its echoes of Zemlinsky and early Schoenberg. The young Dutch violinist Sonja van Beek and German pianist Andreas Frölich negotiate its challenges with ease: as in Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata, the pianist has as tough a role as the melody instrument. Much Ado about Nothing is one of several arrangements of a suite of four movements derived from incidental music to Shakespeare’s play written in 1918, performed here with affection and a silken suavity. The remainder of the repertoire is made up of arrangements of Korngold lollipops, hit numbers from his operas, such as the unforgettable ‘Marietta’s Lied’ from Die tote Stadt, arranged by the composer as salon pieces and popularised by Kreisler and his ilk. Here, the almost vocal qualities of van Beek’s tone come into their own. An essential disc for the Korngold addict.

Nicola Benedetti - The Silver Violin (2012) {Decca B0017609-02}  Music

Posted by ruskaval at April 16, 2018
Nicola Benedetti - The Silver Violin (2012) {Decca B0017609-02}

Nicola Benedetti - The Silver Violin (2012) {Decca B0017609-02}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 372 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 182 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 65 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2012 Decca Music | B0017609-02
Classical / Classical Crossover / Movie Themes / Violin

"Scotland's sweetheart" and onetime BBC Young Musician of the Year Nicola Benedetti follows up her 2011 release Italia with this collection of music from the silver screen and beyond. Centered around Erich Korngold's lush Violin Concerto, the album features film music both old and new, such as John Williams' Schindler's List, Howard Shore's Eastern Promises, and Dario Marianelli's Jane Eyre. It also includes other classical works by Korngold, Mahler, and Shostakovich.

VA - The Art of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (2022)  Music

Posted by Rtax at May 25, 2022
VA - The Art of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (2022)

VA - The Art of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.2 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 714 MB
5:10:20 | Classical | Label: UMG

Erich Wolfgang Korngold was, twice over and in two separate areas, one of the most renowned musical figures of the 20th century. Beginning at age seven, he was a celebrated performing prodigy, with a level of technical development and an understanding of music that awed such giants of the musical world as Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss, who delighted in his prodigious talent. Greeted in such circles as a new Mozart, from his teens until his thirties Korngold was the author of a series of compositions – orchestral works, operas (most notably Die Tote Stadt), and chamber works – that were uniquely popular and among the most critically acclaimed of their era.

Edgar Moreau - A Family Affair (2020)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Nov. 19, 2020
Edgar Moreau - A Family Affair (2020)

Edgar Moreau - A Family Affair (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 272 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 150 Mb | 01:05:14
Classical | Label: Warner Classics, Erato Records

The young French cellist Edgar Moreau, an established Erato artist, is joined by his siblings – the violinists Raphaëlle and David and the pianist Jérémie – for Dvořák’s five Bagatelles op 47 and Korngold’s Suite op 23. As David points out, works for the combination of two violins, cello and piano are unusual: “These are wonderful pieces that are rarely played, so this is an opportunity to shine a spotlight on them.” When it comes to playing as a family, Edgar feels that “There’s something that works almost instinctively,” while Raphaëlle explains that “We don’t need to look at each other, and we breathe together in a certain way. There’s something very strong about it.” Completing the programme are transcriptions of much-loved operatic arias from Dvořák’s Rusalka and Korngold’s Die tote Stadt, performed by Edgar and Jérémie.
Franz Welser-Möst, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Korngold: Symphony in F sharp; Einfache Lieder; Mariettas Lied (1996)

Franz Welser-Möst, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Barbara Hendricks - Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Symphony in F sharp; Einfache Lieder; Mariettas Lied (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 247 Mb | Total time: 63:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # 7243 5 56169 2 0 | Recorded: 1996

Due to its disastrous Viennese premiere in 1954, Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Symphony in F sharp was quickly dropped from the repertoire. Yet this late masterpiece, along with Korngold's opera Die tote Stadt, found receptive audiences in the 1970s and has become one of his best-known works. The old criticisms against Korngold's traditional tonality, his conservative formal bent, and his professional Hollywood polish no longer matter; nor should his occasionally spicy dissonances, angular melodies, and ambitious orchestration prove an obstacle to appreciation. Korngold's dense and dramatic symphony may be regarded either as a late development of Mahlerian post-Romanticism or as an offshoot of tonal Modernism, as practiced by Shostakovich and Prokofiev.

Anneleen Lenaerts - More Stories (2024)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Jan. 25, 2024
Anneleen Lenaerts - More Stories (2024)

Anneleen Lenaerts - More Stories (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 72 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 52 MB
18:47 | Classical | Label: Warner Classics

An album of arrangements for harp made by the artist herself of some dearly loved and familiar works.

Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Morgen (2020)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Dec. 3, 2020
Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Morgen (2020)

Andrew Joyce & Rae de Lisle - Morgen (2020)
FLAC tracks +booklet | 01:13:06 | 267 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Atoll

Morgen is a collection designed to share the pleasures of beautiful and emotional songs and these melodic lines transfer easily to cello. Joyce glories in the soaring vocal phrases with a rich vibrato-laden tone and the absence of words is forgotten by the listener. De Lisle’s pianism is subtle and spacious and the players work together with a flexible intimacy ideally suited to the music.The opening seven songs by Brahms are a highlight. For this music full of passionate grief and poignant yearning Joyce uses a huge range of timbre and dynamics, de Lisle a light and easy flow in accompaniment. The Wiegenlied, famous as “Brahms’ Lullaby”, ends the group, the cello in the foreground as singer and both musicians playing with loving gentleness.