Andrew Haveron, John Wilson, RTE Concert Orchestra – Korngold: Violin Concerto & String Sextet (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 56:31 minutes | 589 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chandos
Korngold began work on his Violin Concerto in 1937, following his father’s suggestion that the main theme from his score for the Errol Flynn epic Another Dawn would make a good basis for a concerto. The work remained dormant while Korngold was exiled to Hollywood after the Anschluss. He resumed work on it in 1945, and fully revised it. Premiered by Jascha Heifetz in 1947, the Concerto is widely performed and recorded, and is certainly Korngold’s best-known concert work.
Read more