Emil von Reznicek News
Austrian late Romantic composer
Commemorations 2025 (Death: Emil von Reznicek)
- opera, symphony
- Austrian Empire, Cisleithania, First Republic of Austria, Federal State of Austria, Nazi Germany
- composer, university teacher
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Auber, Berlioz, Saint-Saens et al: Overtures in Hi-Fi (Albert Wolff)
Overtures in Hi-Fi: 1.01. Camille Saint-Saens - La princesse jaune 'The Yellow Princess', op.30. Overture *1.02. Hector Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini, op.23. Overture *1.03. Le corsaire, op.21. Overture1.04. Le roi Lear Overture, op.41.05. Le carnaval romain, op.91.06. Les francs-juges, op.31.07. Adolf Adam - Si j'etais roi. Overture2.01. Ferdinand Hérold - Zampa. Overture2.02. Emil von Reznicek - Donna Diana - Act I: Overture2.03. Franz von Suppé - Pique Dame 'Queen of Spades'. Overture2.04. Otto Nicolai - Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'. Overture2.05. Daniel-François-Esprit Auber - Le domino noir, S.30. Overture2,06. La muette de Portici 'Masaniello', S.16. Overture2.07. Le cheval de bronze, S.25. Overture2.08. Fra Diavolo, S.18. Overture2.09. Les diamants de la couronne 'The Crown Diamonds'. OvertureOrchestra of the Opera-Comique Paris *; Paris Conservatoire Orchestra conducted by Albert Wolff Decca Eloquence 4802385 [Total time 2 hours 24 minutes; recorded 1951*, 1954, 1955 & 1957; digital download released 2010] […]
2020-11-23 11:59:28
Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek (1860-1945) presents a puzzle. Obviously talented, his concert music often reveals a curiously faded, tired quality, as though he knew he was working within a tradition on its way out, but perhaps didn’t much care. This is especially true of works such as the Carnaval Suite in the Olden Style (1935), […]
2017-01-01 18:13:00
[…] his playing emphasizing the poignant sadness often missed in less focussed performances. Znaider made the violin sound exquisitely pure, like the newborn year emerging into an uncertain future: really quite frightening. When the orchestra joined behind him, their richness intensified the impact: the babe is not alone. I particularly like the way the reflective Bruch concerto should flow almost without a break from the punchy confidence of the overture to Emil Freiherr von Reznicek's Donna Diana (1894), an opera now largely forgotten except for its introduction. Spooky, especially considering the context. Yet Thielemann didn't linger. From refined beginnings, the overture to Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet grew purposefully, the warmth in the orchestral timbre evoking passion, rising like sap in the hearts of two young lovers. But things won't work out well. Dizzying, rushing figures, ferocious angular outbursts: against which the love theme soared, defying violence. […]
2016-08-04 21:00:00
8/5/16 Summer Nights #7 +1CD Mendelssohn's String Quintets at the Marlboro Festival 1990 (a rip by Corrado D.) 8/5/16 In the Name of Music +1CD set Mendelssohn's Elias by Wolfgang Sawallisch (a rip by Corrado D.) 8/5/16 In the Name of Music +1CD set Mendelssohn's Elias & Paulus Oratorios by Helmut Rilling (a rip by Dante B.) 7/19/16 Mahler 7 +1CD Gianandrea Noseda in Manchester (2010) (a rip by Corrado D.) 7/19/16 American Classics +1CD Barber's Sonata (+ Berg's Op. 1 & Beethoven's Op. 126) by Ashley Wass 7/19/16 Wintery Romantics +1CD Gubaidulina: The Piano Music by Marcela Roggeri (2007) 7/18/16 Summer Nights #6 +1CD Frederica von Stade's Haydn, Mozart, Rossini solo album (1975) w/ de Waart & Dorati 7/18/16 Musique Française #2 +1CD set J-P. Rameau's Zais by Christophe Rousset (2014) 7/16/16 Summer Nights #4 +1CD set Beethoven's 4th Concerto (+ Chopin's 2nd & Schumann's) by Guiomar […]
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