This 1995 Chandos release features two impressive works from the early
years of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's career, when he was regarded as a
Wunderkind rather like his namesake, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The
symphonic overture, Sursum Corda, Op. 13, written in 1919 when the
composer was 22, is a fantastically adventurous work in the mold of
Richard Strauss' tone poems; yet surprisingly, it proved to be a bit
ahead of its time and a failure with audiences. However, it ended up
being used extensively in Korngold's 1938 score for Warner Brothers' The
Adventures of Robin Hood, which won an Academy Award. This brilliant
piece is well matched on this CD by an earlier composition, the
ambitious Sinfonietta in B flat major, Op. 5, which Korngold composed
between 1911 and 1912 and which demonstrates his astonishing precocity
in orchestration, harmonic modulations, and absorption of the finer
points of symphonic structure. Recorded in 1994, these performances by
Matthias Bamert and the BBC Philharmonic are enjoyable for their bright
colors, smooth execution, rich textures, and abundant energy, but they
are not well-served by Chandos' reproduction, which is distant, shallow,
and lacking clear separation of orchestral sections. Often, the result
is an aural haze that may be suitable in some of the lush passages, but
such soft-focus recording makes the music indistinct where it needs to
be crisp and obscures many interesting internal details. Blair Sanderson
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
1. Sursum Corda, Op. 13 ]19:31]
2-5. Sinfonietta, Op. 5 [43.02]
Credits :
Conductor – Matthias Bamert
Orchestra – BBC Philharmonic
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
1. Sursum Corda, Op. 13 ]19:31]
2-5. Sinfonietta, Op. 5 [43.02]
Credits :
Conductor – Matthias Bamert
Orchestra – BBC Philharmonic
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