Ernst Krenek: Jonny spielt auf [Import]

Ernst Krenek (Composer), Lothar Zagrosek (Conductor), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Orchestra), Andreas Korn (Performer), Alessandra Marc (Performer), Dieter Scholz (Performer), Dieter Schwartner (Performer), Erwin Noack (Performer), Heinz Kruse (Performer), Krister St. Hill (Performer), Marita Posselt (Performer), Martin Petzold (Performer), Matthias Weichert (Performer), Michael Kraus (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Andreas Korn, Alessandra Marc, Dieter Scholz, Dieter Schwartner, Erwin Noack, et al.
• Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
• Conductor: Lothar Zagrosek
• Composer: Ernst Krenek
• Audio CD (May 8, 2002)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B00000E551
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,643 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars German Avantgarde masterpiece., October 23, 2008

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Alfredo R. Villanueva (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ernst Krenek: Jonny spielt auf (Audio CD)

There is no more dangerous territory for the operaphile than 20th Century opera, and I do not mean late Puccini or Strauss. Most of it can be experienced in an opera house but is definitely not music to be listened to. Thus it was with some trepidation I bought this opera, simply because I have been doing research on Czech Jewish composers and Entartete or degenerate music. Krenek's opera, with its black protagonist and jazzed up music, eminently qualified as such, and thus was part of the by now infamous "Entartete Musik" Nazi exhibit. What we have, instead, is a totally engaging piece, magnificently sung and directed in this recording, part of the illustious Decca "Entartete Musik" series. The five principal are superb, particularly Alessandra Marc as Anita--. Lothar Zagrosek does a conducts a lyrical, playful and totally idiomatic performance. Worth every penny, and them some.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, November 25, 2011

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Raul Ricardo Gallo Calvo (Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ernst Krenek: Jonny spielt auf (Audio CD)

Decca's effort to "revive" this long-forgotten piece is worth all the praise one can heap on it, but the piece is also a fantastic window into a very intestesting musical era

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Try it and like it, April 20, 2010

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David Speltz (Portsmouth, NH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ernst Krenek: Jonny spielt auf (Audio CD)

I collect LPs. I have nearly 10,000. Too many to even know what I have. So I bought several thousand from the estate of a collector a few years ago and opened the first box today. And the first recording (LP) is this piece of music. What have I been missing! This is a keeper. Buy it. My vinyl is a different performance, but the music is wonderful.