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KornGOLDMark - Works by Korngold & Goldmark
Posted by Paul Ballyk on Mar 14, 2014 in Post Romantic | 0 comments
Violinist Orsolya Korcsolan's recording of music for violin and piano, its program ingeniously summed up in the album title, "KornGoldMark", brings together the romantically exotic music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957), Carl Goldmark (1830-1915), Rubin Goldmark (1872-1936) and, included as a lovely bonus track, a short piece by Robert Dauber (1922-1945). This handsomely packaged and finely engineered recording comes from the Solo Musica label; pianist Emese Mali accompanies Ms. Korcsolan's sumptuous violin playing.
There's a great variety of music here, but it all has in common an air of spontaneity and intimacy, rather evocative of turn-of-the-century Viennese parlor music. Playing tenderly or brazenly, with sauce, sass or sweetness, Ms. Korcsolan captures the distinct sentiment of each piece. You can hear that she loves this music, and her affection for it is catching.
The first two sets of pieces come from Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957). The first is a suite of four transcriptions for violin and piano of arias and melodies from the composer's operas and ballets. The second is Korngold's Much Ado About Nothing Suite, Op. 11, music from his incidental music to the Shakespeare play. The next composer represented is Rubin Goldmark, nephew of Carl Goldmak, and the premiere recording of his Plaintive Air. This wistful three and a half-minute composition, graceful and full of yearning, dissolves into an exquisite silence.
The next music is by Carl Goldmark, Suite Op. 11 for violin and piano. Melancholy, tentative, and very beautiful, the sample in the right sidebar is the second movement Andante Sostenuto from that suite. This is followed by Romanze in A Major, Op. 51. As a bonus, the program concludes with Serenata by Robert Dauber. This rarely performed composition was written in 1942, while Dauber was imprisoned in Terezienstadt. Shortly afterwards, at the age of 22, he was deported to Dachau and killed. This is Dauber's only surviving composition.
As diverse as is the music on this program, there's a common thread running through it. What it is exactly is elusive, but you can hear that Ms. Korcsolan understands it. She concludes her fine album notes stating simply: "My intention in making this recording was to bring you, dear listeners, back to a colorful, turbulent and exotic place and time". I've been transported there each time I've heard this charming album.
"It has always been my dream to present the two great 'Golds', two of my favorite composers together on a CD.
The light, fragrant classic sounds of Vienna from Goldmark, and the refined, 'Oscar' winning Hollywood melodies of Korngold have something in common - they unfold together is an almost magical effect. During Korngold's lifetime, he was highly respected by Johann Strauss, Brahms and Mahler - now today his works are, unfortunately, very rarely played." (Orsolya Korcsolan)
Source:
 Erich Wolfgang Goldmark, composer |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 – 1957) was an American composer of Austro-Hungarian birth. While his late Romantic compositional style was considered well out of vogue at the time he died, his music has more recently undergone a reevaluation and a gradual reawakening of interest. He is considered one of the founders of film music. Korngold’s 1938 Academy Award for his score to The Adventures of Robin Hood marked the first time an Oscar was awarded to the composer |
 Carl Goldmark, composer |
Karl Goldmark Originally known as Károly Goldmark and later sometimes as Carl Goldmark (May 18, 1830, Keszthely – January 2, 1915, Vienna) was a Hungarian composer Karl Goldmark made his principal career in Vienna after earlier years during which he earned his living as a violinist in theater orchestras and as a teacher. Largely self-taught as a composer, he had his first success with his String Quartet, Op. 8, in 1860. He joined in the establishment of a Wagner Society in Vienna and gradually assumed a position of great importance in the musical life of the city. http://www.naxos.com/person/Karl_Goldmark/26068.htm |
 Rubin Goldmark, composer |
Rubin Goldmark Rubin Goldmark was born in New York City in 1872. He was the nephew of the Viennese composer Karl Goldmark. Goldmark completed his undergraduate studies at City College in New York. While in New York, Goldmark also studied composition with Antonín Dvořák and piano with Rafael Joseffy. While Goldmark began his career as a composer and pianist, he is best known for his work as a teacher. When not lecturing, or composing, however, Goldmark taught several private students. Famously, Goldmark taught a fifteen year-old Aaron Copland and the young George Gershwin. |
| Orsolya Korcsolan, violin |
Orsolya Korcsolan Violinist Orsolya Korcsolan has established herself as one of the most versatile artists of her generation. Her technical command and warm, compelling sound, combined with her spirit and elegant stage presence, have captured audiences around the world since her debut in New York’s Paul Hall. |
| Emese Mali, piano |
Emese Mali Emese Mali is one of the foremost young pianists in Hungary. She graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in 2004. Emese Mali has given numerous recitals at prestigious Hungarian festivals. Her international appearances include recitals in several European cities, as well as Mauritius and the United States. She gave a masterclass at the San Francisco Conservatory in 2005. She has performed as a soloist at the concerts of the Győr Philharmonics, the Danube Symphony Orchestra and the MÁV Symphony Orchestra. |
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