{"product_id":"1393392","title":"Hegel Quartet - From Vienna To Hollywood - Works By Kreisler \u0026 Korngold [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt 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. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposers 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.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven 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. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritical Acclaim:\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[The Hegel Quartet] has the greatest pleasure in all the required stylistic levels of music between heaven and earth. It revels in salon music as well as in construction and espressivo' \\u2013 Schallplattenkritik Quarterly Critic's Choice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFritz Kreisler: Streichquartett A-moll\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErich Wolfgang Korngold: Streichquartett Nr.3 D-Dur Op. 34\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErich Wolfgang Korngold: Viel Larmen Um Nichts Op. 11\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55471915368833,"sku":"1393392","price":18.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51ep6yphvOL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774529158","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/1393392","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}