Franz Schreker, an exceptional composer primarily focused on opera, was a victim of Nazi anti-Semitic measures, forced to resign from his teaching post and had his opera 'Die Gezeichneten' banned.
Performer Biography
Sascha Goetzel, the conductor of this recording, is the music director of the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire and has studied conducting with notable figures like Jorma Panula, Seiji Ozawa, and Riccardo Muti.
Composer Biography
Ernst Krenek, who studied with Franz Schreker, refused to be bound by any single musical trend, incorporating post-romanticism, dodecaphony, atonality, neo-classicism, aleatory music, and jazz into his constantly evolving aesthetic.
Composer Biography
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, after his career was destroyed by the Nazis, composed eighteen film scores for Warner Brothers in Hollywood between 1934 and 1946.
Composer Biography
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, a child prodigy whose talent was compared to Mozart and Mendelssohn, was praised by Gustav Mahler at age nine.
Historical Context
The three composers on this album—Korngold, Schreker, and Krenek—were criticized for not aligning with specific musical schools or dominant aesthetics of their time, leading to their works being largely forgotten after World War II.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The album's conductor, Sascha Goetzel, describes the works of Korngold, Schreker, and Krenek as reflecting a shared artistic impulse: a search for freedom of expression, form, and identity.
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