SACD, Schreker (composer)
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Special offer. Metamorphosen
RecommendedStrauss - Korngold - Schreker
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
These militant, tightly controlled, sometimes breathtaking performances demand to be heard and may divide opinion. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Orchestral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Franz Schreker: Die Gezeichneten, Overture; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Sinfonietta; Ernst Krenek: Potpourri
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Sascha Goetzel
From the mid-1910s, Korngold's Sinfonietta written at just 15 and Schreker's Overture to Die Gezeichneten are lushly, boldly Romantic, while Krenek's Potpourri of 1927 chucks elements such as... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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[Yamada] draws playing of felicitous polish, captivating flexibility and winning application throughout what is a most imaginative, distinctly moreish programme; indeed, on first acquaintance,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Lawrence Renes and the Royal Swedish Orchestra revel in the music’s extravagance, delivering strongly committed and full-blooded performances supported by a crystal clear recording that allows... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, Orchestral Choice
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Schreker: Der Schatzgräber
Tijl Faveyts (The King), Alasdair Elliott 9 Der Schreiber/der Kanzler), André Morsch (Herold/der Graf), Kurt Gysen (Der Schultheiss/der Magister), Graham Clark (Der Narr), Kay Stiefermann (Der Vogt), Mattijs van de Woerd (Der Junker), Raymond Very (Elis), Andrew Greenan (Der Wirt), Manuela Uhl (Els),...
The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra make the most of the brief passages of purely orchestral writing and the practised hand of Marc Albrecht ensures as strong a sense of forward motion as... —
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Schreker: Der Ferne Klang
Sally du Randt & Mathias Schulz
Philharmonisches Orchester Augsburg, Dirk Kafton
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Schreker: Irrelohe
Roman Sadnik (Heinrich, Graf von Irrelohe), Ingeborg Greiner (Tochter des Försters), Daniela Denschlag (Lola, Schankwirtin), Mark Morouse (Peter, ihr Sohn), Mark Rosenthal (Christobald, ein Hochzeitsspieler), Musikant Valentin Jar (Fünkchen), Piotr Micinski (Strahlbusch, Musikant), Ramaz Chikviladze...
it's an impressive effort. The Beethoven Orchester Bonn is fully up to the challenge of Schreker's densely scored music, though deftly balanced, exemplary SACD sound means that plenty of detail... —
