Karl Weigl Discography

Commercial recordings in descending chronological order of release

Recording: CRI242SD Camerata CMCD-2845: Weigl, Müller-Hermann, Webern: Cellomusic of the Fin de Siècle in Vienna (CD, 2011; recorded 2000)
Othmar Müller, cello; Leonore Aumaier, piano; liner notes by Müller and Aumaier
Cello Sonata; Two Pieces for cello and piano op. 33; Minuet for cello and piano; and 28 Variations for piano
Recording also includes: Johanna Müller-Hermann, Cello Sonata op. 16; and Anton Webern, Two Pieces, Three Little Pieces op. 11, and Sonata

Recording: CRI242SD New World Records NWCRI 242 (CD, 2009; remastered CRI 242 S, LP, 1969 [see below])
Patricia Brooks, soprano; Betty Allen, alto; Iowa String Quartet (Allen Ohmes, John Ferrell, William Preucil, and Charles Wendt)
Five Songs for soprano and string quartet; Three Songs for contralto and string quartet; and String Quartet No. 5

ORF Radio Niederösterreich 109ORF Radio Niederösterreich 109 (CD, 2007; recorded 1990)
Tonkünstler Kammerorchester, cond. Bijan Khadem-Missagh; liner notes by Waltraud Barton
Rhapsody for strings op. 30
Recording also includes: Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht op. 4
Recording reviews include: Fanfare Magazine (date not determined); Mike D. Brownell, All Music Guide, http://www.answers.com/topic/rhapsodie?cat=entertainment

BIS CD-1167 (CD, 2004)
Berlin Radio Symphonie Orchester/Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, cond. Thomas Sanderling and Alun Francis; liner notes by Lloyd Moore
Symphony No. 6; Old Vienna
Recording reviews include: Rob Barnett, http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2006/Jan06/Weigl_symphony6_BISCD1167.htm; David Hurwitz, http://classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=9712

Quasi Una Fantasia—Juden und die Musikstadt Wien

Wolke Verlagsgesellschaft 3-93600-006-9: Quasi Una Fantasia—Juden und die Musikstadt Wien (2-CD set, 2003)
Evelyn Chih-Yih Chan; Akademia quartet
Five Songs for soprano and string quartet no. 1, “Trost”
For other works featured on this recording, see http://claude.torres1.perso.sfr.fr/ExilVienne/QuasiUnaFantasiaCD.html

Symphony No. 5; Phantastisches IntermezzoBIS CD-1077 (CD, 2001)
Berlin Radio Symphonie Orchester/Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, cond. Thomas Sanderling; liner notes by Lloyd Moore
Symphony No. 5; and Phantastisches Intermezzo
Recording reviews include: Rob Cowan, Independent Today, 17 May 2002; SG, www.hifiplus.com/m-rev25-class.html; David Hurwitz, http://classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=5301; Rob Barnett, http://www.musicweb-international.com//classrev/2002/July02/weiglK5.htm; Gwyn Parry-Jones, www.musicweb-international.com//classrev/2002/July02/weiglK5.html

String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 5Nimbus 5646 (CD, 2000)
Artis Quartett (Peter Schuhmayer, Johannes Meissl, Herbert Kefer, Othmar Müller)
String Quartet No. 1; and String Quartet No. 5; liner notes by the Artis Quartet
Recording reviews include: Anon, Chamber Music Journal 12, no. 2 (Summer 2001): 11; Jason Serinus, www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_7_4/music-classical-part-19-october-2000.html; David Trendell, International Record Review (June 2000); Rob Barnett, www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2000/nov00/weigl.htm

Piano TrioAlbany Records TROY437: Darkness and Light vol. 3, Chamber Music Series at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (CD, 2000)
George Marsh, violin; Steven Honigberg, cello; and Joseph Holt, piano
Piano Trio
Recording also includes: Robert Stern’s Hazkarah; Tom Myron’s Käthe Kollwitz; Lukas Foss’s Anne Frank
Recording reviews include: Rob Barnett (http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2001/Aug01/darkness.htm

Wolke Verlagsgesellschaft 3-93600-006-9

Karl Weigl Foundation 991001: Songs and Chamber Music (2-CD set, 1999; recorded in Budapest, 4–7 October 1999; available from KWF)
Evelyn Chih-Yih Chan, soprano; Michael Kutner baritone; Garth Knox, viola; Maróth Bálint, cello; Bárkányi Éva, piano; Stephane Ginsburg, piano; and Akadémia Kvartett; liner notes by Evelyn Chi-Yih Chan
Seven Songs op. 1; Three Songs op. 12 nos. 2 and 3; Five Songs op. 10 nos. 2 and 3; Das Rosenband op. 22 no. 4; Love Songs op. 22 nos. 2 and 4; Six Songs for contralto no. 5; Five Duets for soprano and baritone; Five Songs for soprano and string quartet; Viola Sonata; Two Pieces for cello and piano; and String Quartet No. 4
Recording reviews include: Rob Barnett, http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2001/Feb01/weigl.htm

Seven Songs, CD album cover

Koch Schwann 3-1094-2 HI: Songs (CD, 1994)
Steven Kimbrough, baritone; and Dalton Baldwin, piano; liner notes by Christopher Hailey
Seven Songs op. 1; and Liebeslied
Recording also includes songs by Arnold Schoenberg, Franz Schreker, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold; liner notes by Christopher Hailey
Recording reviews include: Gramophone (February 1995): 91

String Quartet No. 3Orfeo C216901A (CD, 1990)
Artis Quartett (Peter Schuhmayer, Johannes Meissl, Herbert Kefer, and Othmar Müller)
String Quartet No. 3
Recording also includes: Alban Berg’s String Quartet op. 3
Recording reviews include: Peter Kerbusk, in Fono Forum (May 1991)

String Quartete #1

Indiana University School of Music IUSM-01 (CD, 1988)
Christopher Quartet (Pavel, Joseph, Patrick, and Emery Cardas)
String Quartet No. 1
Recording also includes: Joaquin Turina’s La Oracion del Torerro; Gian Francesco Malpiero’s Rispetti e Strambotti

String Quartet #7Serenus SRS 12093 (LP, 1982): Two Composers: Two Quartets
Brno Quartet (Lubomir Cermak, Karl Hejl, Karel Prochazka, and Boris Pác)
String Quartet No. 7
Recording also includes: Jindrich Feld, String Quartet No. 4 (performed by the Smetana Quartet)
Recording reviews include: John Bauman, Fanfare 6, no. 1 (September/October 1982): 394

String Quartet #3Stolat SZM 0121 (LP, 1981)
Chester Quartet (Peter Matzka, Susan Preier, Melissa Matson, Thomas Rosenberg); liner notes by Ruth Watanabe
String Quartet No. 3

Seven Songs Op. 1 and 3Preiser 120 653: Songs (LP, 1980)
Christopher Norton-Welsh, baritone; Charles Spencer, piano
Seven Songs op. 1 nos. 1 and 3
Recording also includes: Alexander Zemlinsky’s op. 14 nos. 1, 2, 4, and 6; Alma Mahler’s Laue Sommernacht, Ich wandle unter Blumen, Die stille Stadt; and Arnold Schonberg’s op. 1 nos. 1 and 2

Viola Sonata, Cello Sonata, Two pieces for cello and piano, Three songsOrion ORS 80389 (LP, 1980)
Paul Doktor, viola; Kermit Moore, cello; David Holloway, baritone; Richard Woitach, piano
Viola Sonata; Cello Sonata; Two Pieces for cello and piano; Three Songs for male voice and piano (piano arrangement of Three Songs for tenor and orchestra)

TV-S-34522, 1973 (LP): Karl Weigl Songs

Orion 81407: Karl Weigl Songs (LP, n.d. [1970?]; subsequently reissued as Turnabout TV-S-34522, LP, 1973)
Judith Raskin, soprano; Collette Boky, soprano; Betty Allen, mezzo-soprano; George Shirley, tenor; William Warfield, baritone; and David Garvey, piano; liner notes by Carleton Sprague Smith
Seven Songs op. 1 no. 7; Three Songs op. 12 nos. 2 and 3; Songs op. 22 no. 4; Five Songs from Phantasus op. 9; Five Songs op. 10 no. 5; Songs op. 23 nos. 3 and 4; The Invisible Light; A Cradle Song; Liebeslied; Five Duets for soprano and baritone; Blaue Nacht; Five Songs op. 8 no. 5; and Halleluiah der Sonne

Five Songs for soprano and string quartet; Three Songs for contralto and string quartet;  String Quartet No. 5

CRI 242 SD: Composers Recordings (LP, 1969)
Patricia Brooks, soprano; Betty Allen, alto; Iowa String Quartet (Allen Ohmes, John Ferrell, William Preucil, Charles Wendt)
Five Songs for soprano and string quartet; Three Songs for contralto and string quartet;  String Quartet No. 5
Reviews in Michigan Daily, 9 December 1969; Times-Union (Rochester, New York), 17 December 1969; American Record Guide (January 1970); Discs (March 1970); New Records (November 1969); New York Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 18 April 1970; Robert C. Marsh in High Fidelity Magazine (March 1970)

Three Songs for contralto and string quartetSerenus SRS 12062: Arco and Pizzicato: Music for Strings {LP, [n.d.])
Maureen Forrester, contralto; Phoenix String Quartet
Three Songs for contralto and string quartet
Recording also includes: works by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Boris Koutzen, and Vaclav Nelhybel

Society of Chamber Music Rochester SCMR 0004 (cassette tape, n.d.)
Abram Loft, Ruthanne Wiley, Bruce Plumb, Lynn Kahle Richmond
String Quartet No. 1

NIght FantasiesSerenus SRS12072: The Piano Music of Dane Rudhyar and Karl Weigl (LP, [n.d.])
Dwight Peltzer, piano
Night Fantasies

Recording also includes: Dane Rudhyar, Tetragrams, first series

Viola Sonata, Three Songs for mezzo-soprano and string quartet; String Quartet #6Triad Records TRI-1: Trio Records Presents Karl Weigl (LP, 1955)
Paul Doktor, viola; Alice Howland, mezzo-soprano; Nadia Reisenberg, piano; Woodstock Quartet (Sidney Harth et al.); and Loewenguth Quartet (Alfred Loewenguth, Maurice Fueri, Roger Roche, and Pierre Basseux)
Viola Sonata; Three Songs for mezzo-soprano and string quartet; and String Quartet No. 6
Recording reviews include: John Briggs, New York Times (3 October 1954); Klaus George Roy, Christian Science Monitor, 2 August 1955