Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Toccata Classics TOCC0160
University of North Carolina School of the Arts Drama Soloists, actors *
University of North Carolina School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra
John Mauceri, conductor
1 April 2013
68:07
Korngold’s incidental music for Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado about Nothing, premiered in Vienna in 1920, enjoyed instant success and soon spread round the world in a series of arrangements that are still performed today. But the music has not been heard as Korngold intended since that first production. For this recording, made in conjunction with its fully staged US premiere, Korngold’s complete score was reconstructed from the original Viennese materials and is played here by the chamber-orchestral forces for which it was written.

Liner Notes (PDF)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmFXEMmbULY (Video)
 
  1-18 Much Ado about Nothing, Op. 11 (1918–1919) * 46:51
  1 Ouvertüre 5:02
  2 Kriegsmusik (War Music) 0:24
  3 Don Juan (Don John) – Act I, scene 2 0:24
  4 Mummenschanz (Hornpipe) – Prelude to Act II 2:22
  5 Festmusik (Festive Music) – Act II, scene 1, with dialogue 5:16
  6 [Change of Scene] 0:24
  7 Don Juan – Dialogue between Don John and Borachio 0:24
  8 Gartenmusik (Garden Music) – Prelude to Act III, with Benedick’s soliloquy 6:36
  9 Lied des Balthasar (Balthasar’s Song) 2:46
10 Intermezzo – with Beatrice’s soliloquy 2:57
11 Holzapfel und Schlehwein (Marsch der Wache) (Dogberry and Verges (March of the Watch)) 2:35
12 Mädchen im Brautgemach (Maiden in the Bridal Chamber) – Prelude to Act IV 3:43
13 Kirchenszene (Church Scene) – Act IV, scene 2, with Leonato’s line 0:52
14 Gerichtszene (Judgement Scene) 1:29
15 Trauermusik (Funeral Music) – Prelude to Act V, with Claudio’s monologue 4:50
16 [Change of Scene] – with Don Pedro’s line 0:45
17 Intermezzo – final wedding scene, with dialogue 3:20
18 Schlusstanz (Final Dance) – with Benedick’s final line 2:42
 
19-23 Movements without dialogue (1918–1919) 21:16
19 Festmusik (Festive Music) 4:38
20 Gartenmusik (Garden Music) 6:36
21 Intermezzo 2:43
22 Trauermusik (Funeral Music) 4:50
23 Schlusstanz (Final Dance) 2:29