03/02/2025
"The live recording from the ’90s is worth the price of admission alone. But the album’s other recording makes it a must-listen; conductor John Mauceri somehow uncovered a recording of Korngold playing a piano version of the piece. The recording is punctuated by the composer calling out the sections of the piece (“First Movement!” “Second Movement!” ), an incredible look into the thinking behind this rarely performed masterpiece."
This two-CD album presents, for the first time ever, a recording of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Symphony in F-sharp performed by the composer himself, an incredibly special historical recording from the Korngold Family Archives. The new release also presents a 1997 live performance by the Orchestra ...