Erich Wolfgang Korngold
THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX
Composed in 1939
Related Work : FÜNF LIEDER Op.38 No4
 
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Written by Aeneas MacKenzie and Norman Reilly Raine
Performed by Bette Davis, Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland
Orchestrated by Hugo Friedhofer and Milan Roder (Nominated Oscar 1939)
World Premiere: Hollywood - 27-09-1939


 

Warner Bros Orchestra
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
[Main Title / Essex March / Shadow and Parade / Throne Room / Essex Slapped / The Portrait - The Courier / Chess Game / The Young Girl / Loneliness / Messenger / Poor Child - The Hunt / Silver Armor / Lady Penelope / Darling / Card Game / Love Scene / The Council - Council Dismissed / Love and the Ring / Ireland / You Lie / Shadow of Penelope / Delegation and Truce / The Guards / Reunion Love Scene / The Promise / Essex Arrest - The Tower / Confession / Cecil / Penelope Sent Away / Refusal / Execution / Finale / End Cast] 1939
CD: PRIVATE EDITION
57' 27"
       
Warner Bros Orchestra
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
[Main Title - Essex Fanfares - Essex March - Elizabeth - End Titles] 1939
CD: RHINO MOVIE MUSIC R272243
5' 58"
       
Warner Bros Orchestra
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
[Main Title - Essex Fanfares - Essex March - Elizabeth - End Titles] CD: Sound Track Factory 33512
       
  Victor Young Singing Strings
Victor Young
[Love Theme] 1954
LP: DECCA 8060
LP: BRUNSWICK LAT8041
       
Great Warner Bros. Love Themes
Warner Bros Studio Orchestra
Lionel Newman
[Love Theme]

LP: Warner Bros. Records K26122 (UK)
1979 - Stereo

       
Warner Bros Studio Orchestra
Lionel Newman
[Main Title and Essex's Victory March - Love Scene and Finale] 1961
LP: CHEVAL-STANYAN
LP: DCC 2017
LP: Warner Bros. Records K26121 (UK)
CD: Warner W 1438
CD: Warner WS 1438
CD: DCC GZS-1094
CD: STANYAN STN-117
4' 06"
       
       
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Gerhardt
Producer: George Korngold
[Overture] 1972
LP: RCA GL4-3438
LP: RCA 52792
LP: RCA ARL1-0185

7' 18"
       
CD: RCA 0185-2 RG
CD: RCA GD80185
CD: RCA 2792-2-RG
       
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Gerhardt
Producer: George Korngold
[Elizabeth] 1973
LP: RCA ARL1-0183
LP RCA AGL1-3706
LP: RCA GL4-3436
LP: RCA GL4-3438
LP: RCA ARL4-2005
1' 47"
       
CD: RCA 2792-2-RG
CD: RCA GD80183
CD: RCA 0183-2-RG
CD: RCA NL 42925
       
Polly Jo Baker (Sopran)
George Calusdian (Piano)
[Come Live With Me] 1975
LP: ENTR'ACTE ERS6502
CD: ENTR'ACTE ESCD6502
2' 44"
       
Münchener Symphoniker
Carl Davis
[Elizabeth and Essex (Main Title / Narrative / March / Shadow and Parade / The Throne Room - After Elizabeth Slaps Essex / Elizabeth and Essex) - The Queen (The Courier / The Chess Game / Mirror Scene / The Queen / Messenger / Poor Child) - Reconciliation (The Hunting / Raleigh and Essex / Silver Armor / Lady Penelope / Darling / Card Game / Love Scene) - Ireland (Council Dismissed / Love and the Ring / Ireland / Shadow of Penelope / Elizabeth Weeps / The Battle / The Truce) - Essex Returns (The Palace / Queen Elizabeth / Essex Returns / Love Scene / Arrest) - The Tower of London (The Tower / Cecil / Essex / Love Scene / Executioner / End Cast)] 1991
CD: BAY CITIES BCD3026
CD: VARESE SARABANDE VCD-5696
CD: Tsunami
CD: Membran 221842
65' 35"
       
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Bateman
[Overture] 1997
CD: SILVA SCREEN SSD3010
CD: Silva Screen SILCD1170
7' 17"
       
NEW ZEALAND SYM ORCHESTRA
James SEDARES
[Main Title / March / End title] CD: KOCH 3-7302-2H1
       
Orchestre Symphonique de Londres
André Previn
[Main title / Essex' victory march / The chess game / Lady Penelope / Elizabeth the Queen / Defeat in Ireland / Darling (Love scene) / Finale] CD: Deutsche Grammophon 471347-2
CD: Decca Eloquence ELQ4823438 (Australia, 2015)
       
Steven Kimbrough - baritone
Courtenay Budd - soprano
Dalton Baldwin - piano
[Old English Song] CD: Musical Treasures VMS 159
       
      CD: Milan Records 873122
       
Orchestra Sinfonia of London
Conductor : John Wilson
Overture from 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex' (1939)
Orchestrated by Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer and Milan Roder (Warner Bros)
7:19
CD Chandos CHAN 5294
Hollywood Soundstage
Recorded:6-8 September 2021
Church of St Augustine, Kilburn, London
Release Date:September 2022