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Composer of the Week: Erich Wohgani Korngold

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

(1897-1957)
"He has so much talent, he could easily give us half and still have enough for himself." (Puccini)
Peter Franklin presents a musical portrait of the Viennese wunderkind who created the Hollywood sound of the 1940s, and whose work has undergone a reappraisal in the last decade following years of criticism and neglect.
Prelude and Serenade (The Snowman)
Lajos Farkas (violin) North West German
Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Werner Andreas
Albert Overture to a Play, Op 4 North West German
Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Werner Andreas
Albert Largo (Piano Sonata No 2, Op 2)
The Composer (piano) Violanta: Scene 6
Eva Marton (soprano)
Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor) Munich Radio Orchestra, conductor Marek Janowski Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Franklin
Violin:
Lajos Farkas
Conductor:
Werner Andreas
Conductor:
Albert Overture
Conductor:
Werner Andreas
Piano:
Albert Largo
Conductor:
Marek Janowski
Source: Radio Times

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