Korngold & Kreisler: From Vienna to Hollywood / Hegel Quartet

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Ars Produktion
Release Date
April 15, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Fritz Kreisler
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Hegel Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      Natalie Chee, Emily Korner, Paul Pesthy, Elena Cheah
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 15, 2022
    • UPC
      4260052383452
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ARS38345
    • LABEL
      Ars Produktion
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Fantasia: Moderato - Allegro moderato

      Composer: Fritz Kreisler

      Ensemble: Hegel Quartet

    2. II. Scherzo

      Composer: Fritz Kreisler

      Ensemble: Hegel Quartet

    3. III. Einleitung and Romanze: Allegretto - Andante con moto

      Composer: Fritz Kreisler

      Ensemble: Hegel Quartet

    4. IV. Finale: Allegro molto moderato

      Composer: Fritz Kreisler

      Ensemble: Hegel Quartet

    5. I. Allegro Moderato

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: Hegel Quartet

    6. II. Scherzo

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: Hegel Quartet

    7. III. Sostenuto

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: Hegel Quartet

    8. IV. Finale

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: Hegel Quartet

    9. I. Mädchen im Brautgemach

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: Hegel Quartet

    10. II. Holzapfel und Schlehwein

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: Hegel Quartet

    11. IV. Mummenschanz

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: Hegel Quartet


The members of the Hegel Quartet grew up in different parts of the 'New World': Australia, USA and Canada. In search of the roots of the musical traditions in which they grew up, each of them made their own way to Europe during their studies. It was pure coincidence that they met in mid-life, having already absorbed so much of the legendary musicians who make the European concert scene so rich. Composers Fritz Kreisler and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, like so many other Jewish artists, escaped the turmoil of the World Wars in the last century and eventually became citizens of the United States. These two great artists, and many others in similar life situations, created a thriving cultural paradise in their new homelands - for example, in South America, Canada, or Australia - that produced generations of artists. Even at the height of his success as a Hollywood film composer, Korngold greatly missed Vienna and its opera houses, and it seems that he died of a broken heart after unsuccessfully trying to re-establish himself in 1950s Europe. The Hegel Quartet’s new recording of these works is also accompanied, in a modest way, by a desire to repatriate, as it were, Kreisler and Korngold to their beloved Europe by four emigrants from the opposite direction.