Orchestre National Des Pays De La Loire * Schreker Korngold & Krenek [New CD] RSD 25 Castor et Pollux~Acte II: Entrée

Castor et Pollux~Acte II: Entrée d'Hebé et des plaisirs célestes

The record features a mix of original compositions and Christmas standards

It is the embodiment of Tosi's famous treatise on a vocal style that emphasised expressive authenticity over virtuoso display

FbWV 622~Courante

Remastered from original tapes

Orchestre National Des Pays De La Loire * Schreker Korngold & Krenek [New CD] RSD 25 Castor et Pollux~Acte II: EntréeWhile the three composers featured on this recording are not, in the public perception and sometimes even in that of the performers, among the most significant exponents of Viennese music in the first half of the twentieth century, their remarkably expressive and virtuoso writing is deeply rooted in fin de sicle Vienna. They were banned by the dictatorships of the 1930s and then blacklisted in the aftermath of the Second World War by the young