Erich Wolfgang Korngold
VIOLANTA Op.8
Composed between 1914 and 1915
Opera in One Act
Book by Hans Müller-Einigen
World Premiere: Hoftheater, Munich - 03/28/1916 - Conductor: Bruno Walter

 

Walter Berry (Simone Trovai)
Eva Marton (Violanta)
Siegfried Jerusalem (Alfonso)
Horst Laubenthal (Giovanni Bracca)
Münchener Rundfunk Orchester
Bavarian Rundfunk Chor
Marek Janowski		 1977
LP: CBS 79229
CD: CBS MK79229 (MK35909)
CD: Sony 88697 57650 2
73' 40"
     

 

[Selection]
Ilona Stein-Gruber (Violanta)
Leopold Winklehofer (Alfonso)
Willy Friedrick (Simone Trovai)
Erich Majkut
Rotilda Busch
Orchestra and Chorus of RAVAK (Germany)
Gottfried Kassowitz		 1949
LP: EJS 362
     
[Prelude - Carnival]
Austrian State Radio Orchestra
Max Schönherr		 1949
CD: CAMBRIA CD1066
6' 49"
     
[Improvisation]
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Piano)		 1951
LP: MASTERSEAL MW46
LP: VARESE SARABANDE VC81040
mp3 : Naxos Classical Archives 980207
     
[Wie Schön Sied Ihr]
Heinz Hoppe (Alfonso)
Hildegard Hillebrecht (Violanta)
Austrian State Radio Orchestra
Joseph Strobl		 1962
CD: CAMBRIA CD1032
10' 43"
     
[Prelude - Carnival]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Jascha Horenstein		 June 2, 1965
Kingsway Hall, London
LP: QUINTESSENCE PMC7047
CD: Doremi DHR-37998
CD: Pristine Classical PASC434
     
[Sterben wollt' ich oft ]
Siegfried Jerusalem (Tenor)
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marek Janowski		 1977
CD: SONY 60526
     
[Prelude - Carnival]
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Matthias Bamert		 1997
CD: CHANDOS CHAN9631
CD: CHANDOS 10434
     
[Prelude - Carnival]
Bruckner Orchester Linz
Caspar Richter		 CD: ASV DCA 1108
 Capriccio C7350 (4 CDs)
     
Annemarie Kremer
Michael Kupfer-Radecky
Norman Reinhardt
Orchestra e Coro Teatro Regio Torino
Pinchas Steinberg 		Dynamic CDS7876
CD / DVD / Blu-Ray
19th June 2020