Description |
1 online resource (59 min.) |
Series |
Classical Music in Video |
Summary |
A child prodigy in Habsburg Vienna, Korngold was a musical sensation in Europe during the 1920's. Later, stranded in America by the rise of fascism, he found new fame as the inventor of the lush Hollywood film score. Clips from films such as the Errol Flynn swashbucklers Robin Hood and The Sea Hawk are included. Includes a concert featuring a selection of Korngold's concertos and extracts from his early piano works |
Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed Jul. 25, 2014) |
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Includes instrumental excerpts of Korngold's concertos for cello and violin and extracts from his early piano works |
Performer |
Leonidas Kavakos, violin ; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano ; Quirine Viersen, cello ; Alexander Frey, piano ; additional soloists ; Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hugh Wolff ; Samuel West, narrator |
Notes |
Spoken portions in English |
In |
Between Two Worlds: Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
Subject |
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957
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SUBJECT |
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957 fast |
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Composers -- Austria -- Biography
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Composers
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Austria
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Genre/Form |
documentary film.
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Biographies
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Documentary films
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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Streaming video
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Author |
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957, composer.
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Kavakos, Leonidas, instrumentalist.
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Otter, Anne Sofie von, singer.
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Viersen, Quirine, instrumentalist.
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Frey, Alexander, 1961- instrumentalist.
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Wolff, Hugh, 1953- conductor, on-screen presenter.
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West, Samuel, 1966- narrator.
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Gavin, Barry, film director.
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Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, instrumentalist.
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Digital Classics (Firm), publisher.
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