Download Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
This page lists all recordings of Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
(1897-1957) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority
given to items that are in stock.
KKorngold & Strauss - Violin
Concertos
Korngold:
Violin Concerto in D major, Op.
35
Strauss, R:
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 8
Pavel Šporcl (violin)
Prague Symphony Orchestra, Jirí Kout
Pavel Šporcl’s two most recent projects have
manifested his remarkable stylistic flexibility.
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and the crossover CD
Gipsy Way with the Roma cimbalom band
Romano Stilo earned the violin virtuoso richly
deserved enthusiastic responses on the part of
critics and listeners alike.
With this new CD, Šporcl returns to classical
music. Well, sort of… When listening to
Korngold’s violin concerto it becomes obvious
that the composer had devoted to film music
over a long period, yet it may be the
composition’s directness and figurativeness
that have made it so popular among the
world’s leading violinists.
On the other hand, Richard Strauss’s Concerto
for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 8,
does not appear in concert programmes and
recordings so often. The piece comprises both
lyrical and tragic elements, a lucent cantilena,
melancholy and elegance, but also abounds in
a trickiness that places significant demands on
the soloist’s technique. Pavel Šporcl with the
Prague Symphony Orchestra and its principal
conductor Jirí Kout again demonstrates that
behind the flamboyant image of a nonconformist violinist donning a bandana or hat
lies a technically superb musician who
definitely deserves attention primarily due to
his immaculate musical performance.