Erich Wolfgang Korngold
SONGS OF THE CLOWN Op.29
Composed in 1937
Lyrics by William Shakespeare

1 - Come Away, Death
2 - O Mistress Mine
3 - Adieu, Good Man Devil
4 - Hey, Robin
5 - For the Rain It Raineth Every Day

World Premiere: Los Angeles - 06/28/1941 - Nanette Fabray (Soprano), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Piano)

Arr. Ben Palmer for chamber orchestra
Southbank Centre, London, Purcell Room, Tuesday 29 April 2014
The Orchestra of St. Paul / Sarah Gabriel (soprano) / Ben Palmer (conductor)

 

  Paul Wade (Ténor)
Geoffrey Hamilton (Piano)		 1977
LP: LOOK 7-6125
     
[1] Come Away, Death
[2] O Mistress Mine
[3] Adieu, Good Man Devil
Eva Gustavson (contralto)
Gerhard Albersheim (piano)		 Memorial Concert
June 7 1959
Schoenberg Hall
UCLA, Los Angeles
Cambria CAMCD-1220 (mp3)
     
Angelika Kirchschlager (Mezzo-soprano)
Helmut Deutsch (Piano)
1 - 2:06 / 2 - 2:11 / 3 - 0:51 / 4 - 0:51 / 5 - 3:09		 1996
CD: SONY CLASSICAL 68344
9' 08"
     
Anne Sophie Von Otter (Mezzo-soprano)
Bengt Forsberg (Piano)		 1998
CD: DG 459 631-2
CD: DG 461 834-2 (extraits)
     
[No 1] Come Away, Death
Robert White (Baryton)
Samuel Sanders (Piano)		 CD: Hyperion CDA 66920
     
Adele Johnson (Soprano)
Andrew Greene (Piano)		 CD: Move Records MD3203
1997
Winner of the City of Melbourne Song Recital Award
     

Steven Kimbrough (Baryton)
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)		 CD: Musical Treasures VMS 159
2006
10' 10"
     
[No 1] Come Away, Death
Silke Evers (Soprano)
Wiebke tom Dieck (Piano)		 Getroffen
CD: Zeitklang EZ 27025
     
William Dazeley, baritone
Iain Burnside, piano
1. 2.15 / 2. 1.52 / 3. 0.44 / 4. 0.44 / 5. 2.53		 Sonnett für Wien
CD: Signum SIGCD160
2008
     
Britta Stallmeister, soprano
Klaus Simon, piano		 Songs Vol.1
CD: Naxos 8.572027
mp3 Release: 07/2010
Physical Release: 04/2011
     
[No 1] Come Away, Death
Marianne Beate Kielland, mezzo soprano
Sergej Osadchuk, piano		 CD: 2L-064-SACD
January 2009
Sofienberg Church, Oslo, Norway
     
Christian Immler, Baryton
Helmut Deutsch, Piano
1. 1.48 / 2. 2.05 / 3. 0.53 / 4. 0.49 / 5. 3.17		 Modern Times
CD: Cavi-Music 8553229
     
Georg Streuber, baryton
Max Doehlemann, piano
1. 2:03 / 2. 1:52 / 3. 0.50 / 4. 0.55 / 5. 2:46		 Shakespeare
Songs of the Clown
CD: MG-Audio 0060
     
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Reinild Mees, piano		 Complete Songs - Sämlichte Lieder
Capriccio C5252 (2 CDs)
Rec. 30/09/2013- 03/10/2013
Jesus-Christus Kirche, Berlin Dahlem
30 octobre 2015
     
Krzysztof Bobrzecki, baritone
Anna Mikolon, piano		 Shakespeare Songs
CD: Acte Préalable 0352
Rec. 2015
Pub. 15/01/2016
     
[1] Come Away, Death
[3] Adieu, Good Man Devil
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Antonio Pappano, piano 		Shakespeare Songs
Warner Classics 0190295944735
Warner Classics 0190295957261
23 Sep 2016
     

[1] Come Away, Death
Isabelle Druet, mezzo-soprano
Anne Le Bozec, piano		 Shakespeare Songs
No Mad Music 038
6 décembre 2016
     
Thomas Ebenstein (tenor)
Charles Spencer (piano)		 Capriccio C3007 “Première Portraits”
9.3.2018