Violin Concerto No. 1 (Goldmark)
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The Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op.28 by Karl Goldmark was composed in 1877 and premiered in Bremen the same year. Goldmark is supposed to have later composed a second violin concerto, but if so it was never published, and is believed to be lost.[1]
Structure and analysis
[edit]The concerto consists of three movements:
- Allegro moderato
- Air: Andante
- Moderato – Allegretto
A standard all movements performance lasts approximately 32 minutes.
It has a Magyar march in the first movement and passages reminiscent of Dvořák and Mendelssohn in the second and third movements. It has started to re-enter the repertoire, through recordings by such prominent violin soloists as Itzhak Perlman and Joshua Bell. Nathan Milstein also championed the work and Milstein's recording of the Concerto (1957) is widely considered the definitive one. It has been used in several movies before.[citation needed]
Recordings
[edit]Recordings of this concerto include:
| Soloist | Orchestra | Conductor | Record Company | Year of Recording | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Milstein | New York Philharmonic | Bruno Walter | 1942 | Vinyl / CD | |
| Philharmonia Orchestra | Harry Blech | EMI Classics | 1957 | Vinyl / CD | |
| Bronislav Gimpel | Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra | Rolf Reinhardt | Vox Records | 1957 | Vinyl / CD |
| Itzhak Perlman | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | André Previn | EMI Classics | 1978 | Vinyl / CD |
| Ruggiero Ricci | Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra | Louis de Froment | Decca Records | 1979 | Vinyl / CD |
| Hu Nai-yuan | Seattle Symphony | Gerard Schwarz | Delos Productions | 1995 | CD |
| Vera Tsu | Razumovsky Sinfonia | Yu Long | Naxos Records | 1995[a]/1997[b] | CD |
| Joshua Bell | Los Angeles Philharmonic | Esa-Pekka Salonen | Sony Classical Records | 2000 | CD |
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ Released by Marco Polo Records, along with a recording of the Korngold Violin Concerto in D minor by the same forces
- ^ Released by Naxos Records, contents are identical to the earlier release
- Sources
- Botstein, Leon (1999). "Program Notes: Goldmark Violin Concerto". American Symphony Orchestra.
External links
[edit]- Violin Concerto Op. 28: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Anderson, Keith (1997). "Liner Notes: Korngold/Goldmark - Violin Concertos, Naxos 8.553579". Naxos Records.
- Huscher, Phillip. "Program Notes:Karl Goldmark - Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 28" (PDF). Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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