Label: Dcc Compact Classics
Category: Music
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Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 010963109429
EAN: 0010963109429
ASIN: B00000018C
Release Date: 1996-06-25
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Artist: Erich Korngold
Label: Dcc Compact Classics Category: Music Average customer rating:
Format: Soundtrack Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 010963109429 EAN: 0010963109429 ASIN: B00000018C Release Date: 1996-06-25 |
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Simply Superb! A Reference Recording You Just Must Have........2002-01-22
A disappointment--slick packaging for lousy performances........1999-06-23
The one saving grace to these performances is the superior horn section. Nothing lacking there.
For contrast to this gold CD, try listening to the opening titles of rented videocassettes--for instance Korngold's own recording of King's Row is vastly superior to this rendition.
The liner notes for this CD make a big deal about the quality of the recording. But it's flat and thin. Just saying it's great doesn't make it so.
Where have you gone, Erich Wolfgang Korngold?.......1999-03-29
INCREDIBLE!!!.......1999-02-15
As far as sound quality, it is exceptional considering the recording was made in the 60's. It is such a pleasure to hear Korngold's music in stereo.
Although you can only find this on gold CD, the twice the price is more than worth it. If you're a Korngold fan, a film score fan, or just a movie fan, you have to give this CD a try.
Absorbing........1998-11-17
I did not realise the beauty and importance of this recording until I got the reissued Warner Bros version about 2 years later.
The notes in the LP (it cost S$12 full price) indicated that it commanded as high as A$200. I could not appreciate the music until 5 hearings later ! By then, I was addicted to Korngold.
This year I managed to get film soundtracks by Korngold - Robin Hood, Constant Nymph, Sea Hawk and Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex. It was a dream come true.
Still, Lionel Newman`s conducting is far superior to Korngold`s. Especially, the main title music to Elizabeth and Essex. It flares brilliantly. The orchestral playing is superb.
Randy and Drake from Kings Row comes off beautifully. Considering Newman`s considerable experience with film music as conductor, it is not surprising that collectors would pay so much and the gold status of the recording is well deserved.
I liked the Love theme from Robin Hood. It is lovingly played by the orchestra. Even Korngold`s version pales.
My regret is that Mr Lionel Newman did not conduct entire scores from Korngold`s repertoire.
The Constant Nymph would have been a big winner with film music fans. The original by Korngold has lovely melodies but Gerhadt`s version of the tone poem Tomorrow has drama slightly lacking in the Korngold version.
In all, this Newman version should never be deleted from the catalogue. It remains probably the finest exposition of Korngold film music in verve and nuance.
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