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. It consists of three movements:
A standard performance lasts approximately 32 minutes.
A very romantic work, 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.
Goldmark wrote a second violin concerto, but it was never published.
Violin concerto
A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin and instrumental ensemble, customarily orchestra. Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up through the present day...
No. 1 in A minor, Op.28 by Karl Goldmark
Karl Goldmark
Karl Goldmark, also known originally as Károly Goldmark and later sometimes as Carl Goldmark; May 18, 1830, Keszthely – January 2, 1915, Vienna) was a Hungarian composer.- Life and career :...
was composed in 1877 and premiered in Bremen the same year. It consists of three movements:
- Allegro moderato
- Andante
- Moderato - Allegretto
A standard performance lasts approximately 32 minutes.
A very romantic work, it has a Magyar march in the first movement and passages reminiscent of Dvořák
Antonín Dvorák
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
and Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text...
in the second and third movements. It has started to re-enter the repertoire, through recordings by such prominent violin soloists as Itzhak Perlman
Itzhak Perlman
Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-born violinist, conductor, and instructor of master classes. He is regarded as one of the pre-eminent violinists of the 20th and early-21st centuries.-Early life:...
and Joshua Bell
Joshua Bell
Joshua David Bell is an American Grammy Award-winning violinist.-Childhood:Bell was born in Bloomington, Indiana, United States, the son of a psychologist and a therapist. Bell's father is the late Alan P...
. Nathan Milstein
Nathan Milstein
Nathan Mironovich Milstein was a Russian-born American virtuoso violinist.Widely considered one of the finest violinists of the 20th century, Milstein was known for his interpretations of Bach's solo violin works and for works from the Romantic period...
also championed the work and Milstein's recording of the Concerto (1957) is widely considered the definitive one.
Goldmark wrote a second violin concerto, but it was never published.