Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Adventures of Wunderkind: A Portrait and Concert
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| Other authors / contributors: | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957, composer.
Kavakos, Leonidas, instrumentalist.
Otter, Anne Sofie von, singer.
Viersen, Quirine, instrumentalist.
Frey, Alexander, 1961- instrumentalist.
Wolff, Hugh, 1953- conductor, on-screen presenter.
West, Samuel, 1966- narrator.
Gavin, Barry, film director.
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, instrumentalist.
Digital Classics (Firm), publisher.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Title from resource description page (viewed Jul. 25, 2014).
Includes instrumental excerpts of Korngold's concertos for cello and violin and extracts from his early piano works.
Leonidas Kavakos, violin ; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano ; Quirine Viersen, cello ; Alexander Frey, piano ; additional soloists ; Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hugh Wolff ; Samuel West, narrator.
Spoken portions in English.
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| Summary: | A child prodigy in Habsburg Vienna, Korngold was a musical sensation in Europe during the 1920's. Later, stranded in America by the rise of fascism, he found new fame as the inventor of the lush Hollywood film score. Clips from films such as the Errol Flynn swashbucklers Robin Hood and The Sea Hawk are included. Includes a concert featuring a selection of Korngold's concertos and extracts from his early piano works.
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| Other form: | Original version: Between two worlds. Bristol, England : Digital Classics Distribution, 2001
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