Peter Cornelius (singer-songwriter)
Peter Cornelius (born January 29, 1951 in Hadersdorf-Weidlingau / Vienna-Penzing , bourgeois Peter Cornelius Korunka ) is an Austrian songwriter and guitarist .
Life
Youth and career start
After finishing school, Cornelius trained as a banker . In 1973 he took part in the ORF's Showchance talent competition and won first place with the song I leb in aner Wolk'n . Then he was a member of the ensemble of the musical Hair , which made guest appearances in Hamburg and Berlin. By 1978 several singles and albums appeared on the Polydor label , of which the title Calafati (1978) was to become famous in a later version.
1980s, breakthrough and change
In 1980 he had success as a pop singer for the first time outside of his home country with the album Der Kaffee ist finished (produced by Michael Cretu ).
In the following year he took part in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest , where he took sixth place among twelve participants with the title Dreamers, Tramps and Clowns .
With the single Du excuse, i know di and the corresponding album Zwei , he finally had his big breakthrough in Germany, which gave him high airplay on German radio stations. The single and album were again produced by Michael Cretu and recorded with the later members of the synth-pop band Moti Special (Michael Cretu, "Tissy" Thiers , Nils Tuxen and "Dicky" Tarrach as well as "Bessy" Besser ).
Subsequent singles, such as Reif für die Insel , Strokes , Sail in the Wind (with Curt Cress on drums), Süchtig and Random were mostly successful. Ripe for the island from 1982 quickly became a household word .
The title You apologize, i know di was recorded by pop singer Bernhard Brink in a high German version. In the course of the 1980s Peter Cornelius established himself as an excellent guitarist and serious songwriter with often thoughtful, critical, but almost never pessimistic lyrics.
1990s, creative break and comeback
1990 appeared Peter Cornelius as a guitarist on the album Back in Vienna by Georg Danzer with. He has also been a member of Michael Cretu's successful Enigma music project since the early 1990s , for which he was nominated for the Grammy as best guitarist. In 1992 the album Cornelius + Cretu was released as a joint project , which was sung entirely in High German and has a rather dark / melancholy tone. The album Lieber heute als Morgen (1993) was followed by a seven-year creative break in his solo career.
It wasn't until 2001 that his much-praised album Lebenszeichen was released . The two follow-up albums Shadow and Light (2003) and Like a Young Dog in High Grass (2006) also received excellent reviews and helped him make his comeback into the top ranks of German-speaking songwriters. In 2005 a live DVD was also released for the 30th stage anniversary, recorded in front of 100,000 spectators at the Danube Island Festival in Vienna. In 2008 he released the album Handschrift and in 2012, after a four-year hiatus, his twenty-first album 12 new 12 .
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | |||
1981 | Ready for the island |
DE22 (44 weeks) DE |
AT1 (16 weeks) AT |
- | |
1982 | Two |
DE21 (20 weeks) DE |
- | - | |
Without filter / Before I go |
DE56 (5 weeks) DE |
- | - | ||
1983 | Caresses |
DE4 (12 weeks) DE |
- | - | |
Mirage |
DE52 (12 weeks) DE |
- |
CH24 (1 week) CH |
||
1985 | Addicted |
DE53 (4 weeks) DE |
AT4 (34 weeks) AT |
- | |
1986 | Against the current | - |
AT14 (10 weeks) AT |
- | |
1987 | Cornelius '87 | - |
AT13 (10 weeks) AT |
- | |
1988 | Sensitive | - |
AT24 (8 weeks) AT |
- | |
1990 | nostalgia | - | - |
CH25 (2 weeks) CH |
|
2001 | Signs of life | - |
AT48 (3 weeks) AT |
- | |
2003 | Shadow and light | - |
AT33 (5 weeks) AT |
- | |
2004 | The best | - |
AT35 (7 weeks) AT |
- | |
2012 | 12 new 12 | - |
AT25 (3 weeks) AT |
- | |
2015 | Best of | - |
AT8 (21 weeks) AT |
- | |
2017 | Indestructible | - |
AT21 (5 weeks) AT |
- | |
2019 | Love songs - 12 acquaintances 12 new ones | - |
AT37 (2 weeks) AT |
- |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More studio albums
- 1974 jumping jack
- 1974 Fleckerl carpet
- 1976 A rose made of paper
- 1979 Mit'n Schmäh
- 1980 The coffee is ready
- 1989 seasons
- 1990 In motion
- 1992 Cornelius + Cretu (project with Michael Cretu )
- 1993 Better today than tomorrow
- 2006 Like a young dog in the tall grass
- 2006 Peter Cornelius: Live in front of 100,000 at the Donauinselfest (DVD)
- 2008 handwriting
Sampler
- 1987 My great successes
- 1988 songbook
- 1988 portrait (double CD)
- 1989 poptakes
- 1989 instrumental
- 1992 pats
- 1995 masterpieces
- 1995 song portrait
- 1996 singer-songwriter
- 1997 The greatest hits from 25 years
- 1998 Master Series
- 1999 Weightless (3 CD box)
- 2001 Best of Peter Cornelius
- 2006 Peter Cornelius - Best of - Reif für die Insel (3 CD box)
- 2015 Peter Cornelius - Best of - 36 great songs (double CD)
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | |||
1973 | The Wolk'n Fleckerlteppich |
- |
AT2 (10 weeks) AT |
- | |
1974 | Jumping Jack Fleckerlteppich |
- |
AT4 (16 weeks) AT |
- | |
1975 | Pinball machine |
- |
AT16 (4 weeks) AT |
- | |
1981 | You excuse me - I know you |
DE8 (23 weeks) DE |
AT1 (24 weeks) AT |
CH2 (9 weeks) CH |
|
1982 | Ripe For The Island Ripe For The Island |
DE38 (7 weeks) DE |
AT4 (14 weeks) AT |
- | |
1985 | Sails in the wind Addicted |
- |
AT1 (22 weeks) AT |
- | |
Addicted Addicted |
- |
AT7 (14 weeks) AT |
- | ||
1986 | Sometime in the next life against the current |
- |
AT22 (2 weeks) AT |
- | |
1987 | Drive me crazy, darling Cornelius '87 |
- |
AT19 (6 weeks) AT |
- | |
1988 | Our struggle is gentle, sensitive |
- |
AT4 (10 weeks) AT |
- | |
1990 | Randomly in motion |
- |
AT29 (1 week) AT |
- |
Cover versions of other musicians
- 1981 Bernhard Brink : Sorry, I know you (Grüezi / Rondo)
- 1985 Bernhard Brink: The coffee is ready
- 1993 Ilsa Gold : Addicted
- 1994 Ilsa Gold: The coffee is tender, doesn't that sound incredibly finished
literature
- Monika Kornberger, Georg Demcisin: Cornelius, Peter. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
Web links
- Works by and about Peter Cornelius in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
- Peter Cornelius on MusicBrainz (English)
- ORF NÖ Peter Cornelius is one of the silent stars of the Austrian music scene from Lower Austria-ORF from April 16, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Welcome Austria with Stermann & Grissemann, September 29, 2015, ORF Eins , 10:00 p.m.
- ↑ a b Chart sources: Germany - Austria - Switzerland
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cornelius, Peter |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cornelius Korunka, Peter (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian songwriter and guitarist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1951 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |