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On the occasion of Alexander Zemlinsky's 150th birthday today, his main publisher UNIVERSAL EDITION in Vienna  has created a page that revolves around the life, the work and the composer himself. I hope it will be of interest to many in this forum.


https://www.universaledition.com/150-zemlinsky

I have just been reading that Opera Rara's planned recording of ZINGARI by Leoncavallo ( previously announced on this board  & which I have been longing to hear for decades) will actually be made following a live concert performance at London's Cadogan Hall on December 3!

See:-

https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/rpo-2021-22-leoncavallo-zingari/

As you an see the cast is now listed. Any comments on these singers Alan? Are they up to the job?
The recording will be made in the studio later. Carlo Rizzi is a good conductor in this kind of repertoire and the RPO is  a great band.

Yet another new CD of Korngold's chamber works is announced.

Date of release is yet to be confirmed, but this is a very attractive programme with some fine musicians from Berlin, and that will include Korngold's gorgeous String Sextet!

https://challengerecords.com/products/15082

I have looked diligently on all parts of the forum and find no mention of this composer. A friend of mine who is studying his music asked me if there are any recordings available of his music? I wondered if anyone here knows?

Many thanks for any help.

RELEASED Sept 10: a new CD from German soprano Dorothea Herbert of rarely performed and extremely beautiful  lieder by Alma Mahler, Franz Schreker and Erich Wolfgang Korngold!  Very welcome indeed.

https://www.7mntn.com/die-stille-stadt/

The popularity of Korngold's beautiful chamber music continues apace. News just recieved:-

"Coming soon: a new and very welcome recording of the complete String Quartets by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, performed by the much admired ALMA QUARTET of Amsterdam, has been made for the enterprising label, Challenge Classics.

Release Date: November/December  2021. "

More details will follow

Anatoly Lyadov: Choral Music.

A very welcome CD with almost all world premiere recordings of beautiful music by this greatly underrated composer. I can hardly wait! Released September 3.

https://toccataclassics.com/product/anatoly-lyadov-choral-music/?fbclid=IwAR3o1d6C4cqBWt19hbRwkD1LkrkwgDragbOcMHRAclIebuIIkSWuiBKfcYU

Korngold fans in London can look forward to hearing his music 'live' this Autumn season.

As well as the Symphony in F# at the BBC PROMS at the Royal Albert Hall on September 4 (to be televised a week later on BBC4 ), his Piano Trio Opus 1 and Second Quartet Opus 26 can also be heard at the famous Wigmore Hall!

LINKS

https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/trio-isimsiz-202110241930

&

https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/je ... 2109241930

From the website:-

"Steadily entering the repertoire is Korngold's Second Quartet: written in 1933, just before the composer left Vienna for Hollywood, it admirably represents a unique voice neglected for decades, at its best."

Korngold's charming SILENT SERENADE will be played at the Schleswig-Holsteinische Landestheater this coming September!


https://www.sh-landestheater.de/stuecke/die-stumme-serenade/

The TOCCATA series carries on.
HEINO ELLER COMPLETE PIANO MUSIC Vol 7
Coming in August 2021.
Catalogue No: TOCC0611
EAN/UPC: 5060113446114
Release Date: 06.08.2021
Composer: Heino Eller
Artists: Sten Lassmann

If you don't know this fascinating Estonian composer, I recommend this fine series of recordings. He was married to Jewish pianist Anna Kremer who died in a concentration camp in 1942. His music can be very beautiful.

I am not sure if this has been posted before - apologies if this is old news.

Franz Schreker's mystical opera Der Schatzgräber (The Treasure Seeker) will be staged by Christoph Loy & conducted by Marc Albrecht at the Deutsche Oper Berlin next May! That's the same team that brought Korngold's Das Wunder der Heliane wonderfully back to life 3 years ago (now on DVD). It should therefore be spectacular!

A year ago this month, my beloved friend Oliver Davies died, and a fine and richly detailed tribute has just been posted online, which I thought might interest many on this forum, especially those who support the active promotion of forgotten British composers of the 19th century - and indeed composers of any nationality.

Oliver was a remarkable man, a truly geat musician that was never honoured by the music estabishment or the media - he just quietly did what he did best: perform rare music superbly well and preserve our great heritage as much as he could.

https://www.momh.org.uk/exhibitions-detail.php?cat_id=5&prod_id=398&iotm=1

The recent, rare performance of Korngold's remarkable Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in C# Opus 17 is broadcast by ORF 1 tonight (7-30 CET, 6-30 GMT).

For those who can access it, the internet link is below:-

https://surround.the-media-channel.com/radio_oe1-dd_sendungen-in-5punkt1-dolby-digital-surround-sound.html

On October 8-10, the Prague State Opera will mark the 150th anniversary of Alexander Zemlinsky's birth with a series of special concert performances of Zemlinsky's works, including the world premiere of fragments from his incomplete opera MALWA, as well as works by his pupils and members of his circle.

The Prague State Opera is actually the former Deutsche Oper, where, from 1911 until 1927, Zemlinsky was the esteemed music director.

https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/kultur/klassik/2109845-Prag-ehrt-oesterreichischen-Komponisten-Alexander-Zemlinsky.html?fbclid=IwAR2Efq2eI9P8fTDXKUgAPUBT8j5XX3xgyT1XOf_rdsyFeF9MJdlltNGKcW0

PREVIEW:

https://www.planethugill.com/2021/06/celebrating-alexander-von-zemlinskys.html?fbclid=IwAR1a-HlO6B1Eionckc5T28wV934uRrkHXoBPgE9a2djvrpegZEpCC5sh-o4

Korngold's piano music is somewhat neglected and recordings are rather rare in spite of his ever increasing popularity, so I am delighted to announce the following CD to be released on June 26 on the Pentatone label, that features his 3rd piano sonata.

The rest of the CD has a very attractive programme too. Link below

http://www.pentatonemusic.com/aus-wien-alasdair-beatson-schumann-schoenberg-ravel-korngold-schubert

https://www.operanationaldurhin.eu/fr/spectacles/saison-2021-2022/opera/the-birds


For admirers of this beautiful work, some welcome news.

NEW CD from Naxos - Korngold Complete Songs Vol 2 [Cat No: 8573083]. Released June 25. For those with Vol 1, issued about 15 years ago, this is welcome news. Though why Vol 2 took so long is a mystery....

Details at Europadisc:

https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/151537/Korngold_-_Songs_Vol.2.htm

Released on April 28

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/Ethel-Smyth-1858-1944-Streichquartett-e-moll/hnum/7381861

I hope this announcement is news - I cannot find any mention of the CD on this Board.

Released April 23, this is a very welcome compilation that shines a light on this fine composer most of whose music is overshadowed by one work - his opera Hänsel & Gretel.

https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/homage-to-humperdinck-12247

Sergei Taneyev is one of my favourite neglected composers (you'll never hear his music on BBC Radio 3) & so I recommend this wonderful livestream all-Taneyev concert, April 20 by the superb Spectrum Concerts Berlin.

The link below will remain active for quite some time, so that you can listen later if you can't tune in when it's live.

https://www.takt1.de/video/stream/spectrum-concerts-berlin-konzert-zu-ehren-von-sergej-tanejew?fsv=15568742be7511acf7025da4f16ea724e3d26289