Symphony in F-sharp minor / Much Ado About Nothing (Suite)

"This is, hands down, the best-engineered performance of Korngold's masterful symphony yet released, and that means a lot. The suite from Much Ado About Nothing makes an ideally apt and absolutely delightful encore, but it's the performance of the symphony that makes this disc special. Listen, and dare yourself to admit that it's not one of the truly great 20th-century works in the medium."
(10/10 Classics Today.com Nov 2010)

Korngold began working on his 1st symphony in Vienna in 1951 and completed it in 1952. The work summarized his whole life, which had been lived between two worlds: opera and film and between Europe and the United States. It was intended as a tribute to his "refuge" America and was dedicated to President Roosevelt. Albrecht has been acclaimed for his commitment to 20th century music.