Erich Wolfgang Korngold
VIEL LÄRMEN UM NICHTS Op.11
Much Ado about Nothing
Beaucoup de Bruit pour Rien
Incidental Music for William Shakespeare's
Composed between 1918 and 1919

1. Ouvertüre
2. Kriegsmusik
3. Don Juan (Acte I, Scène 2)
4. Mummenschanz (Hornpipe) - Bewegt (Prélude Acte II)
5. Festmusik (Acte II, Scène 1)
6. Gartenscene - Sehr ausdrucksvoll (Prélude Acte III)
7. Lied des Balthasar (Lied des Pagen) (Acte II)
8. Intermezzo
9. Holzapfel und Schlehwein (Marsch der Wache - Im Zeitmaβ eines grotesken Trauermarsches) (Prélude Acte III, scène 2)
10. Verhaftung (Finale Acte III)
11. Mädchen im Brautgemach - Langsam (Prélude Acte IV)
12. Kirschenszene (Acte IV, Scène 2)
13. Gerichtszene
14. Trauermusik (Prélude Acte V)
15. Intermezzo
16. Schlußtanz (Finale Acte 5)

 

 

Incidental Music (16 Nos) World Premiere: Schönbrunner SchloBtheater, Wien - 05/06/1920 - Conductor: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Suite für Kammerorchester [I - IX - VIII - VII - III]

Extraits

World Premiere: Wien - 01/24/1920 - Wiener Symphoniker - Conductor: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Arrangement pour Quatuor à cordes  
Suite für Violine und Klavier [IX - VIII - VII - III]

Extraits - Autres Nos [IV, VI, XI]

World Premiere: Wien - 05/21/1920 - Rudolf Kolisch (Violin), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Piano)
Vier Stücke für Violine und orchester [IX - VIII - VII - III]  
Mummenschanz für cello und piano [III]  
Arrangement for double-bass and piano [VI]  
Arrangement for Voice and Piano [V, VI]  
Drei Stücke für Klavier [IX - VIII - III]  
Drei Stücke für streichquartett [IX - XI - IV] World Premiere: Vienna (A) - 8 May 2012 - Musikverein, Gläserner Saal - Steude Quartett Arr. Erich Wolfgang Korngold

 

Incidental Music
Erich Wolfgang Korngold : Complete Incidental Music
Naxos 8.573355 (17 Nos)

Hans Jörg Mammel, tenor (7)
Holst Sinfonietta
Klaus Simon, conductor
Recorded 19-21 March at E-Werk, Freiburg, Germany
Naxos 8.573355
Recorded 19-21 March at E-Werk, Freiburg, Germany
     
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgårds
(15 Nos, première mondiale)
2011
CD: Ondine ODE1191-2 (2 CD)
01/11/2012
     
University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA)
Members of Studio IV (college seniors) of the School of Drama
Members of the Symphony Orchestra of the School of Music
John Mauceri
(Premier enregistrement intégral, 18 Nos)
29/03/2012-07/04/2012
Agnes de Mille Theatre
CD: Toccata Classics TOCC0160
2013
     
Musique de scène
(Festmusik, Trauermusik, Schlusstanz)
Wendy Nielsen, soprano
Bruckner Orchester Linz
Caspar Richter
CD: ASV CD DCA 1146

 

Suite pour orchestre
[I - IX - VIII - VII - III]
[I, IV, V, VI, VIII, IX, XI, XIV, XVI]
Orchestre Bruckner de Linz
Caspar Richter
CD: ASV DCA 1131
CD: Regis RRC1290 (avril 2009)
CD: Alto ALC1390 (Nov. 2017)
Capriccio C7350 (4 CDs)
     
Graz Chamber Orchestra
Anton Bauer
LP: Phorion 9002
     

Niederösterreisches Tonkünstler-Orchester
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
1951

1951
LP: MASTERSEAL MW46
LP: VARESE SARABANDE VC81040
mp3 : Naxos Classical Archives 980207
     
Westphalian Symphoniker, Recklinghausen
Siegfried Landau
I - 5:16 / IX - 3:53 / VIII - 2:50 / VII - 2:11 / III - 2:26
1974
LP: CANDIDE 31091
LP: TURNABOUT TVS37124
LP: FSM 31091
CD: VOX ACD8191
16'36"
     
Boston Concert Band
Eric Simon
1959
LP: BOSTON 1012 / B411
LP: ARGO ZRG5187
     
Osterreischer Runkdfunk Orchester
Max Schönherr
I - 3:59 / IX - 4:28 / VIII - 2:48 / VII - 2:13 / III - 2:43
1949
CD: CAMBRIA CD-1066
16'11"
     
South German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart
Willy Mattes
1973
LP: EMI EMD 5515
LP: ANGEL S-36999
LP: EMI 1C 065-02 460
CD: EMI 2176502 (2 CDs, 2008)
CD: EMI 094683 2 (2 CDs, 2011)
15'42"
     
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmoniker
Werner Andreas Albert
I - 5:10 / IX - 3:54 / VIII - 3:03 / VII - 2:15 / III - 2:24
1989
CD: CPO 999046-2
CD: CPO 999150-2
17'
     
Nos 9, 8, 7, 3
Nos 9, 7 (*)

London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn
IX - 3:23 / VIII - 2:17 / VII - 2:07 / III - 2:25
1996
CD: DG 453 436-2
CD: DG 461 834-2 (*)
CD: Decca Eloquence ELQ4823438 (Australia)
CD: DG POCG-10036 (Japon)
CD: Philips 465 162-2
10' 12"
     
Nos 9, 8, 7, 3
Bamberger Symphoniker
Bruno Weil
CD: EMI CDR 573 251 2 English/German/French text
CD: EMI CDR 573 252 2 Spanish/Italian
     
Orquestra Sinfonica de Mineria
Carlos Miguel Prieto
CD: Naxos 8.570791
2009
     
Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
Marc Albrecht
SACD: Pentatone PTC5186373
2010

 

Suite pour orchestre (extraits)
  No1
Wiener Symphoniker
Paul Kerby
1930
LP: EDISON F3022
     
No 7
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
David Stanhope
2005
CD: ABC Classics 980 7563

 

Drei Stücke für streichquartett
[IV - IX - XI]

Amernet String Quartet
Misha Vitenson, violin
Marcia Littley, violin
Michael Klotz, viola
Jason Calloway, cello
The Shakespeare Concerts
CD : Centaur Records CRC3499
Rec. April 11, 2015
Rel. 01/05/2018
     

Hegel Quartet
Natalie Chee, 1. violin
Emily Körner 2. violin
Paul Pesthy, viola
Elena Cheah, ´cello
From Vienna to Hollywood
Ars Produktion ARS38345 (SACD Hybride)
Live Recording, October 29, 2016
Music Conservatory of Freiburg

 


Vier Stücke für Violin und Klavier
[IX - VIII - VII - III]
Chika Edanami (Vn)
Hiroshi Nagao (P)
2012
Naked
CD: Nat 12421 (Japan)
     
Mischa Elman (Violin)
Josef Seiger (Piano)
22-23 octobre 1956
LP: LONDON LL1467
LP: DECCA LXT 5231
CD: Testament - SBT4 1343
CD: King Record KICC 88/95
CD: Ars Nova AN102 CD 15
Documents - Membran 600480 (10 CDs)
21 septembre 2018
     
Endre Granat (Violin)
Harold Gray (Piano)
1974
LP: ORION ORS74166
CD: Lanui 0242 (MP3, 320kbps)
     
Louis Kaufman (Violin)
Annette Kaufman (Piano)
1959
CD: ISBN 0-299-18380-7
Memorial Concert (June 7 1959)
Schoenberg Hall
UCLA, Los Angeles
CD: Cambria CAMCD-1198 (A fiddler's Tale)
Cambria CAMCD-1220 (mp3)
     
Mischa Lefkowitz (violon)
Tanya Fleisher (piano)
Modern Metamorphoses
Ontaris 5019
2012
     
  Mischa Lefkowitz (violon)
Brent McMunn (piano)
Mischa Lefkowitz -  DVD
Interpretation
2013

Evening of Romantic Pleasure : Part 3
2015

     
  Max Rostal (Violin)
Acc. (Piano)
1924
LP: VOX 06172/3
     
Toscha Seidel (Violin)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Piano)
1941
LP:  RCA VICTOR
CD:  BIDDULPH RECORDINGS 138
     
Gil Shaham (Violin)
André Previn (Piano)
IX - 3:11 / VIII - 2:13 / VII - 5:35 / III - 2:01
1994
CD: DG 439886-2
     
Glenn Dicterow (Violin)
Gerald Robbins (Piano)
CD: CALA CACD0514
CD: CALA CACD0111 (2 pièces)
     
Detlev Hahn, violin
Andrew Ball, piano
CD: ASV 1080
     
Sonja van Beek
Andreas Frölich
 
CD: CPO 999709
13' 38"
     
David Frühwirth
Henri Sigfridsson
CD: AVIE 0009
13' 43"
     
David Frühwirth
Henri Sigfridsson
CD: Oehms OC537
Oehms Classics OC019 (20 CD, Benjamin Schmid 50th birthday)
     
Joseph Lin, violin
Benjamin Loeb, piano
1. 02:46 / 2. 02:26 / 3. 05:16 / 4.  02:10
CD: Naxos 8.557067
     
Josef Hell (violin)
Senka Brankovic (piano)
CD: Gramola 98814
     
Bruno Monteiro, Violin
João Paulo Santos, Piano
20th Century Expressions
CD: Numérica 1173
2008, Portugal
     
Jessica Mathaes, violon
Rodney Waters, piano
Suites & Sweets
CD: Centaur CRC 2993
2008
     
František Novotný, violin
Serguei Milstein, piano
In armonia
CD: Radioservis CR0393-2
     
Wolfgang David, Violin
David Gompper, piano
The New Canon
CD: Gallo 1285
2005/2006
     
Daniel Gaede (Violine)
Xuesu Liu (Klavier)
Phil.Harmonie 06013
27.10.2011
     
Rachel Patrick (Violin)
Benjamin Boren (Piano)
Enharmonic Records 020
2011
     
Friedemann Eichhorn, violon
Andreas Frölich, piano
Souvenir d'Amérique
Oehms OC 861
2012
     
Yuriy Bekker, violin
Andrew Armstrong, piano
I. Maiden in the Bridal Chamber
II. March of the Watch [Dogberry & Verges]
III. Garden Scene
IV. Hornpipe
Twentieth Century Duos
Navona NVA 6046
2016-06-10
     
Thomas Albertus Irnberger (Violon)
Barbara Moser, piano
Concertos pour violon
Gramola 99108 (SACD)
10/14/2016
     
Setareh Najfar-Nahvi, violin
Theresia Schumacher, piano
Exiled Music : Works for violin and piano from the 20th and 21st centuries
Austrian Gramophone AG0008

Recording Date : February 2017
Recording Venue : Tonstudio FM, Vienna (Austria)
Release : October 2017
     
Ioana Cristina Goicea, violin
Andrei Banciu, piano
Romantic Exuberance
Genuin GEN 19668

Lieu : Markkleeberg, Allemagne
Enregistrement : 11-12/01/2019
Date de sortie : 02/10/2019
Durée totale : 01:08:32
     
Dorothea Schupelius (Violine)
Jelizaveta Vasilijeva (Klavier)
#wunderkammer
Es-Dur ES 2088

15.11.2022
     
Stefan Hempel, violin
Daniel Seroussi, piano
Myths and Melodies - Music Between The Wars
Audite 97810
     
Danbi Um, violin
Amy Yang, piano
Much Ado – Romantic Violin Masterpieces
Avie AV2615

1st September 2023
     
Kim Hyun-Mi, violin
Oh Yoon-Ju, piano
Inspiration
Warner Music Corée 43195.170968584592443

Release Date : 2024-03-07
     
Patrick Savage (violin)
Martin Cousin (piano)
The Golden Age of Hollywood - Concert Works for Violin and Piano
Quartz QTZ2156

5th April 2024


Vier Stücke for Violon et Piano
(extraits)
     
LP: VICTOR 12-0430
LP: VICTOR 18-1086
LP: ROCOCO 2071 LP: MJA 5003   CD: CEMBAL D’AMOUR CD 118
No 6
Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
Emmanuel Bay (Piano)
1946, 1947
LP: RCA SPS 33-565
(Bonus 7" in RCA LSC-3205)
LP: RCA LSC 3526 CD: RCA VICTOR GD60928
CD: RCA BVCC-37687
CD: USR 50130 CD: RCA 61778
(Vol.40 RCA 61771-2)
         
     
The final recordings & popular encores
CD: RCA Red Seal 50758
No 6
Heifetz off the Record

22 July 2016
Favorite Recital Pieces and Encores
RCA 88875051042 (Sony Music, 5 CDs)
15.5.2015
     
(Narration by Jascha Heifetz, Rehersal & Excerpts of Garden Scene)
Remastered
No 6
Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
Brooks Smith (Piano)
1970
   
78T: VICTOR 1864 78T: RCA VICTOR 1864 78T: HMV DA 1378 LP: RCA ARM4-0943 LP: RCA 00943FK
 
CD: EMI 764929-2 CD: RCA 61778
(Vol.2 RCA 61733)
CD: EMI 2173122
EMI Icons, 6 CD Set, 2008
 
No 8
Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
Arpád Sándor (Piano)
1934
2:16
     
CD: ASV Living Era AJC8553
No 6 *, No 8 **
Emanuel Bay (Piano) *
Arpad Sandor (Piano) **
Heifetz Encores - Volume 2
Original 1946-47 Recordings
No 6, No 8
Emanuel Bay (Piano)
CD: Naxos 8.112073
Oct 2012
     
No 6, No 8
Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
     
LP: VICTOR 10-1314 LP: RCA ARM-40946 CD: RCA 61778 (Vol.6 RCA 61737)    
Nos 7, 8
Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
Emmanuel Bay (Piano)
1970

 

  Nos 8, 7, 3
Robert Pollack (Violin)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Piano)
1924
78RPM: HOMOCHORD HB2097,2112
     
No 6
Derek Collier (Violin)
Daphne Ibbott (Piano)
1975
LP: DECCA SPA405
LP: DECCA 117.405 (France) Pages Célèbres pour le violon
     
 Nos 3, 7
Grete Eweler (Violin)
1924
78RPM: HOMOCHORD 4-2598
     
No 6
Gil Shaham (Violin)
Rohan De Silva (Piano)
CD: Mixed Company
   
No 6
Duo Intermezzo
CD: Caspers CR-32501
     
No 8
Ingolf Turban, Violin
Jean-Jacques Dünki, Piano
CD: CLAVES CD 50-8917
     
No 6
Duo Sol
Miki Tsunoda (violin)
Caroline Almonte (piano)
CD: ABC Classics 476 087-2
     
No 6
Michael Jelden, violin
Maki Hayashida, piano
Omnia Vincit Amor Virgiles
CD: Faro 05101
     
No 3
Lionel Tertis (alto)
CD: Biddulph BID80216 (Mx T 1709 4a)
1.46
     
No 6
Renaud Capuçon (Guarneri del Gesù, 1737 violin)
Jérôme Ducros (piano)
Capriccio
CD: Virgin 374087 2 / Virgin 646920 2
Le Violon Roi
Virgin 50999 735622 2 1 (3CDs)
Erato 5054197278051 (4 CDs, 1999-2016)
Violon Zen
Warner Classics 90295 67099-3
     
  1. Mädchen im Brautgemach (No.11)
  2. Holzapfel und Schlehwein (No.9)
  3. Mummenschanz (No.4)
  4. Gartenscene (No.6)

Orsolya Korcsolán, violin
Emese Mali, piano

KornGOLDmark
CD: Solo Musica SM 202
January 28, 2014
     
  1. Mädchen im Brautgemach (No.11)
  2. Holzapfel und Schlehwein (No.9)
  3. Mummenschanz (No.4)
  4. Gartenscene (No.6)
Josef Špaček, violon
Miroslav Sekera, piano
The Shakespeare Concerts Series, Vol. 4
Orpheus with His Lute Made Trees
Navona NV5995
Juillet 2015
     
  1. Mädchen im Brautgemach (No.11)
  2. Holzapfel und Schlehwein (No.9)
  3. Mummenschanz (No.4)
  4. Gartenscene (No.6)
Marcin Markowicz, violin
Grzegorz Skrobiski, piano
Different Things
Accord ACD235
02-06-2017
     
  1. Mädchen im Brautgemach (No.11)
  2. Holzapfel und Schlehwein (No.9)
  3. Mummenschanz (No.4)
  4. Gartenscene (No.6)
Bojidara Kouzmanova-Vladar (violin, Guarneri figlio d'Andrea c. 1690)
Marialena Fernandes (piano)
The Colours of Cremona Violins
CD: Divox Excellence CDX20904
2010
     
Gartenscene (No.6)
Yury Revich (Violin)
Volodymyr Borodin (Piano)
Peace
CD: Ars Produktion 38698
Recording : 16.10.2025, Kulturzentrum Immanuel, Wuppertal
Released : 6.3.2026

 

 

 

Violon et Guitare
[2 extraits]
Duo Sonidos (William Knuth, violin / Adam Levin, guitar) Wild Dance
CD: Naxos 8.574045
Arrangement pour violon et guitare de Gregg Nestor
Recorded 15-18 juin 2017
St John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket, Canada
8th Feb 2019

 

Violon et Orchestre
Dogberry and Verges "March of the Sentinel"
Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
Donald Voorhees
CD: Cembal d'amour 121
11/1/1943
     
Garden Scene
Joseph Sakonov (violin)
London Festival Orchestra
LP: Decca P4 21089
LP: London P4 21089
LP: DECCA PFS4265
CD: DECCA 444786-2
     
Garden Scene
Joseph Sakonov (violin)
London Festival Orchestra
CD: Decca 466 703-2
CD: Decca 448 454-2
CD: Decca 480 4969
CD: DECCA Entspannen 1
CD: LONDON Relaxation 1
     
Intermezzo "Garden Scene" (Arr. Spindler for Violin & Orchestra)
Bomsori (violin)

Bamberger Symphoniker
Jakub Hrůša
Deutsche Grammophon 4867445
Deutsche Grammophon 40329 (Korea)
Recorded: 2024-09-18
Recording Venue: Joseph-Keilberth-Saal Bamberg


Violoncelle et Piano
[IX - VIII - VII - III]
Raphael Wallfish
John York
CD: Nimbus NI5806
     
[III]
MATS LIDSTRÖM, cello
BENGT FORSBERG, piano
2000
CD: Hyperion CDA67184
2'21"
     
Maiden in the bridal chamber
Dogberry and Verges
Garden scene
Masquerade

Michael Schlechtriem, cello
Noriko Kitano, piano
2009
CD: Genuin 89529
     
  1. Mädchen im Brautgemach (No.11)
  2. Holzapfel und Schlehwein (No.9)
  3. Mummenschanz (No.4)
  4. Gartenscene (No.6)
(Exiles in Paradise - Émigré Composers in Hollywood)
Cello and Piano Recital
Brinton Averil Smith / Evelyn Chen
CD: Naxos 8.579055

 

Double-Bass and piano
[VI]
No 6
Joel Quarrington, contrebasse
Andrew Burashko, piano
2009
CD: Analekta AN 2 9931
     

 


Voice and Piano
No6
Polly Jo Baker (Soprano)
George Calusdian (Piano)
1975
LP: ENTR'ACTE ERS6502
CD: ENTR'ACTE ESCD6502
2' 44"
     
No 5
Rosette Anday (Mezzo-soprano)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Piano)
1924
LP: VOX 02174
LP: PREISSER LV32
LP: ROCOCO 5350

 


Drei Stücke für Klavier

[IX - VIII - III]
Ilona Prunyi (Piano)
IX - 2:54 / VIII - 2:30 / III - 2:04
1990
CD: MARCO POLO 8.223384
7' 28"
     
Ingrid Jacoby (Piano)
1998
CD: IMP CARLTON 30366 01102
     
Martin Jones (Piano)
2003
CD: Nimbus Records NI 5705/08
     
Richard Corbett (Piano)
1952
LP: Music Library Recordings 7017
     
Dianne Baar, Klavier
VIII - Intermezzo 3:47
CD: Preiser Records LC00992
30 septembre 2016