Credits:

Various Artists

Description:

John Wilson's second Korngold! Violin Concerto played by Havalon! John Wilson is a conductor, arranger, and specialist in light and American music, and has built his reputation with Chandos with orchestral works by Richard Rodney Bennett and Aaron Copland. John Wilson has reunited the Sinfonia of London, an orchestra founded in 1955 for recording purposes, and has undertaken a new project, the collection of Korngold's orchestral works. The first release (CHSA 5220) was critically acclaimed worldwide for its overwhelming expression and performance, and has been praised by BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone Magazine, Music Web International, The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, Diapason Magazine, Classica Magazine (France), and Record Art International REVIEW, as well as by the BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone Magazine, Music Web International, The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, Diapason Magazine, and Classica Magazine. BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, Music Web International, Telegraph, Sunday Times, Diapason, Classica Magazine (France), American Record Guide, Limelight Magazine (Australia), etc., and has been nominated for the BBC Music Magazine Award 2020. The highly anticipated second Korngold release includes the Violin Concerto, which was premiered by Jascha Heifetz in 1947 and became Korngold's most famous concert work, and the String Sextet, which was written at the age of only 17 by Korngold, a child prodigy who was considered the greatest composer since Mozart. The album includesSoloist Androu Havalon is a virtuoso who has been the leader of the Brodsky String Quartet for many years, concertmaster of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra, and is currently the Sydney Symphony Orchestra's conmass. The Sinfonia of London Chamber Ensemble features a lineup of well-known names, including Havalon, James Boyd, Joel Hunter, and Yonatan Åsgård, who are various orchestral players and soloists. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35~1. Moderato nobile
2.Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35~2. Romanze: Andante
3.Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35~3. Finale: Allegro assai vivace
4.String Sextet in D Major, Op. 10~1. Moderato - Allegro
5.String Sextet in D Major, Op. 10~2. Adagio
6.String Sextet in D Major, Op. 10~3. Intermezzo
7.String Sextet in D Major, Op. 10~4. Finale: Presto