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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold was born in Brno in 1897 and grew up in Vienna. As a child he was already considered a prodigy, and his opera Die tote Stadt (1920) became an international success. In 1934 the director Max Reinhardt brought him to Hollywood. After the Anschluss in 1938 he stayed there. For Warner Bros. Korngold wrote scores like operas without singing, with the rich harmonies of Strauss and Puccini. Captain Blood (1935) and The Sea Hawk (1940) are swashbuckling pirate adventures. Anthony Adverse (1936) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) were awarded an Oscar. The main theme of Kings Row (1942) is often cited as an example for the style of John Williams.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to the swashbuckling brass fanfares and the broad string melody: the orchestra sings as in an opera, while the action simply carries on.
Captain Blood: Overture · National Philharmonic Orchestra & Charles Gerhardt, 1935- The Sea Hawk: Main Title; Reunion; Finale · National Philharmonic Orchestra & Charles Gerhardt, 1940
- Kings Row: Main Title · National Philharmonic Orchestra & Charles Gerhardt, 1942
Main Title - Muted Fanfare · Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 1938
Discography
Studio albums
- 1972The Sea Hawk: Classic Film Scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (soundtrack)
- 1983The Adventures of Robin Hood (soundtrack)
- 1984Lieder
- 1987The Sea Hawk
- 1989Die tote Stadt
- 1991Anthony Adverse (soundtrack)
- 1991Kings Row
- 1991Opera Arias & Duets
- 1991Orchestral Works 1
- 1991Orchestral Works 2
- 1991Orchestral Works 3
- 1991Orchestral Works 4
- 1992Piano Sonatas nos. 1 and 2 / Märchenbilder / Viel Lärmen um Nichts
- 1992Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, op. 6 / Piano Quintet in E major, op. 15
- 1992The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex (soundtrack)
- 1993Das Wunder der Heliane
- 1993Symphony in F-sharp major / Abschiedslieder
- 1994Barber: Violin Concerto / Korngold: Violin Concerto / Much Ado About Nothing - Suite
- 1994Eichendorff-Lieder
- 1994Love's Twilight: Late Romantic Songs by Berg, Korngold, Strauss
- 1994Piano Trios
- 1995Berlin Theatre Music
- 1995Rózsa: The King's Thief / Young: Scaramouche / Korngold: Captain Blood / Steiner: The Three Musketeers
- 1995Sinfonietta in B major, op. 5 / Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35
- 1995Sursum Corda/Sinfonietta
- 1995The Piano Sonatas
- 1996Between Two Worlds
- 1996Der Ring des Polykrates
- 1996Symphony in F-sharp / Einfache Lieder / Mariettas Lied
- 1996The Adventures of Mark Twain / The Prince and the Pauper (soundtrack)
- 1996Violin Concertos
- 1997Die tote Stadt
- 1997Korngold: String Quartet no. 1 / Reznicek: String Quartet no. 1
- 1997Korngold: Violin Concerto / Goldmark: Violin Concerto no. 1
- 1997Sämtliche Klaviersonaten / Vier kleine Karikaturen für Kinder, op. 19 / Geschichten von Strauss, op. 21
- 1997String Quartets Complete
- 1997Symphony / "Much Ado About Nothing" Suite
- 1997The Adventures of Robin Hood (soundtrack)
- 1997The Sea Hawk (soundtrack)
- 1998Die Kathrin
- 1998Janáček: Glagolitic Mass / Korngold, Zemlinsky: Psalms
- 1998Music for Strings and Piano Left Hand
- 1998The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 18: Korngold: Piano Concerto in C-sharp for the Left Hand, op. 17 / Marx: Romantisches Klavierkonzert
- 1998The Sea Hawk
- 1999A Midsummer Night's Dream (soundtrack)
- 1999Devotion (soundtrack)
- 1999Rendezvous with Korngold: Songs & Chamber Music
- 2000Complete Works for Violin & Piano
- 2000Erich Wolfgang Korngold & Alexander von Zemlinsky
- 2001Captain Blood (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2001Korngold: Sextet in D major Op. 10 / Strauss: Metamorphosen
- 2001Music from Vienna 2
- 2002Anthony Adverse (soundtrack)
- 2003Der Sturm / Cello Concerto / Aria from Kathrin / Aria from Der Ring des Polykrates / Aria from Das Wunder der Heliane
- 2003The Adventures of Robin Hood (soundtrack)
- 2003The Perlman Edition: Sibelius & Korngold: Violin Concertos / Sinding: Suite
- 2003The Sea Wolf
- 2004Die tote Stadt
- 2004Die tote Stadt
- 2004Paradisi Gloria: Psalms
- 2004The Private Lives of Elisabeth and Essex
- 2004Violin Concertos
- 2005The Film Music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- 2006Juarez / The Prince And The Pauper (soundtrack)
- 2006Violin Concertos
- 2007The Sea Wolf (soundtrack)
- 2007Magic Fire (soundtrack)
- 2007Military March / Cello Concerto / Symphonic Serenade / Piano Concerto in C-sharp
- 2007Piano Trio / Violin Sonata
- 2007Piano Trio, op. 1 / Suite, op. 23
- 2007Schauspiel Ouverture, Märchenbilder & Violanta
- 2007Sursum Corda / Sinfonietta
- 2007The Film Music of Erich Korngold, Volume 2
- 2007The Sea Hawk (soundtrack)
- 2008Strauss / Korngold / Mahler
- 2008Violin Concertos
- 2008Wien im Fin de siècle
- 2009Brahms, Korngold: Violin Concertos
- 2009Korngold : Another Dawn / Escape me never (soundtrack)
- 2009Scenes
- 2009String Quartets Nos. 1-3 / Piano Quintet, Op. 15
- 2009The Prince and the Pauper (soundtrack)
- 2009Violin Concerto / Schauspiel Overture / Much Ado About Nothing
- 2009Violin Concertos
- 2010Much Ado About Nothing, op.11 - Sinfonietta, op.5
- 2010Symphony in F-sharp / Tänzchen im alten Stil
- 2010Symphony in F-sharp, op. 40 / Much Ado About Nothing, op. 11
- 2010The String Quartets
- 2010Violin Concertos
- 2011Cello Concertos
- 2011Concertos
- 2011Die Stumme Serenade
- 2011Die tote Stadt
- 2011Elizabeth And Essex (The Classic Film Scores Of Erich Wolfgang Korngold) (soundtrack)
- 2012Barber & Korngold: Violin Concertos / Waxman: Carmen Fantasie / Williams: Theme from Schindler's List
- 2012Piano Quintet / String Sextet
- 2012String Sextet D major, op. 10 / Piano Quintet E major, op. 15
- 2013Bruch: Violin Concerto in G minor / Korngold: Violin Concerto in D / Chausson: Poème
- 2013Sextet, op. 10 / Suite, op. 23
- 2013The Constant Nymph (Original Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2014KornGOLDmark
- 2014Orchestral Works
- 2014Piano Trios
- 2014Works for Violin
- 2015Korngold & Conus: Violin Concertos
- 2015The Korngold Project, Part One: Suite, op. 23 / Piano Trio, op. 1
- 2016American Moments
- 2016Violin Concertos
- 2016Violinkonzerte / Much Ado About Nothing / Elégie
- 2017Cello Concerto / Much ado about Nothing
- 2017Exiles
- 2017Korngold/Adams: Violin Concertos
- 2017Symphonic Serenade, op. 39 / Sextet, op. 10
- 2017Vienne – Paris – Hollywood
- 2018American Concertos
- 2018Das Wunder Der Heliane
- 2018Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 / Bernstein: Serenade after Plato's 'Symposium'
- 2018Violin Concertos
- 2018Violin Concertos
- 2019Cello Concertos
- 2019Das Wunder der Heliane
- 2019Symphony in F-sharp / Theme and Variations / Straussiana
- 2019The Yiddish Cabaret
- 2020Piano Quintets
- 2020Piano Trio, op. 1 / String Sextet, op. 10
- 2020Suite, op. 23 / Piano Quintet, op. 15
- 2020Violin Concerto / String Sextet
- 2021Chamber Music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- 2021Verklärte Nacht
- 2022Complete Incidental Music: Much Ado About Nothing / Der Vampir
- 2022Metamorphosen
- 2022Piano Trios
- 2022Transmission
- 2023Brahms / Coll / Korngold
- 2023Music for Violin, Cello & Piano
- 2023String Quartet no. 1, op. 16 / Piano Quintet, op. 15
- 2023String Quartets nos. 1–3
- 2024Pierrot Portraits
- 2024Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence / Korngold: String Sextet
- 2025Bruch & Korngold
- 2025Mendelssohn: String Symphony no. 10 / Widmann: Ikarische Klage / Korngold: Symphonic Serenade
- 2025Momentum 2
- 2025The Magic Wonderland Opens Before Our Gaze: Austrian Songs from the 19th to the 20th Century
- 2026American Tapestry
- 2026Hidden Legacies
- 2026Homage to Heifetz
- 2026Homage to Heifetz
- 2026Korngold • Barber
- ?Kreisler, Quartet; Korngold, Quartet No. 3
- ?Orchestral Works Vol. 2 (Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Werner Andreas Albert)
- ?Sonatas for Violin and Piano
- ?String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3 (Chilingirian Quartet)
Other work
- 1935Captain Blood
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