Korngold: Violanta, Op. 8
Eva Marton (Violanta), Siegfried Jerusalem (Alfonso), Walter Berry (Simone Trovai)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester & Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Marek Janowski
What strength and beauty [Marton] had in 1980! Siegfried Jerusalem, too, was on peak form...Walter Berry oozes his usual authority...all the glitter and occasional strangeness of the lush score...
Korngold: Violanta, Op. 8
Eva Marton (Violanta), Siegfried Jerusalem (Alfonso), Walter Berry (Simone Trovai)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester & Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Marek Janowski
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What strength and beauty [Marton] had in 1980! Siegfried Jerusalem, too, was on peak form...Walter Berry oozes his usual authority...all the glitter and occasional strangeness of the lush score...
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CD includes a booklet with a three-language synopsis (English/French/German), full cast list and detailed track list.
Contents and tracklist
Spotlight on this release
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
5th Dec 2014
James chooses his favourite recordings of the music of Korngold, best known for his Violin Concerto as well as numerous operas and film scores.
Awards and reviews
July 2010
What strength and beauty [Marton] had in 1980! Siegfried Jerusalem, too, was on peak form...Walter Berry oozes his usual authority...all the glitter and occasional strangeness of the lush score comes across under Janowski's impeccably paced direction.
1st December 2014
Fifteenth-century Venice is the setting for this early, one-act opera concerning Violanta's attempts to avenge the death of her sister by murdering Alfonso, the Prince of Naples. Eva Marton is perfect in the title role, with first-rate support from Walter Berry as her husband Simone and Siegfried Jerusalem as the unlucky Alfonso. Marek Janowski conducts the Münchner Rundfunkorchester.
