BaL 5.5.12 - Korngold's Violin Concerto

[DracoM]

Reviewer's voice occasionally freaked out the bats, but the whole thing was predicated on the premise that it was a work worth recording and re-recording. Hmm.

[Curalach]

the whole thing was predicated on the premise that it was a work worth recording and re-recording. Hmm.

If it was good enough for Heifetz, that'll do me!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I missed this, being in Salford and Manchester all weekend.
Am I right in thinking that Gil Shaham, the LSO and Andre Previn version was chosen?

[Nick Armstrong]

I missed this, being in Salford and Manchester all weekend.
Am I right in thinking that Gil Shaham, the LSO and Andre Previn version was chosen?

You are correct

[pastoralguy]

I do miss the text that used to arrive about 10 mins after BaL had finished advising us of the 'winner'.

[cloughie]

I can never go along with the idea that Korngold "sold his soul" to Hollywood. He needed to make a living, as did Walton, Vaughan Williams, Richard Rodney Bennet et al.

...and unjustifiably led to the quip about being 'More Corn than Gold' - was this an Andre Previn original?

[verismissimo]

I missed this, being in Salford and Manchester all weekend.

You were in the right spot for nearly all BBC radio nowadays, Eine.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

...and unjustifiably led to the quip about being 'More Corn than Gold' - was this an Andre Previn original?

Possibly.

Ivan Hewett ascribes the jibe to the (anonymous as they all were then) critic of the New York Times about the 'cello Concerto. But Hewett then says that the 'cello conc is from 1947, whereas it was put together in 1950 from themes used in the film Deception from 1946.

I've also heard that the phrase was said to originate from Korngold's earliest works, partly at least as revenge from composers and performers who had suffered from daddy Korngold's critical writings.

It's an irresistable pun for anyone who doesn't like the composer's syrupy, over-ripe and more-than-slightly camp soundworld (or even for those, like me, who love it!) so perhaps it was an oral squib long before anyone actually wrote it down.

[Magic_Stag]

[QUOTE=Eine Alpensinfonie;155489]Saturday, 5th May at 0930 Building a Library: Jessica Duchen with a personal recommendation from recordings of Korngold's Violin Concerto.

I wonder why the James Ehnes version was not discussed? I saw him play with the RSNO in Glasgow at the weekend, what a privilege, stunning virtuosic and musical playing. Also the CD is coupled with the Barber and the Walton.

[visualnickmos]

Coincidentally, I listened to Heifetz/Wallenstein/LAPO only a couple of weeks before this BaL. A great vintage, that's for sure, but I then thought it would be good to gain a slightly younger, fresher performance.

So, this was a particularly absorbing and well-presented programme. Based on this, I actually went for the Naxos 2007 version with the Mexican forces. And what a stunning choice I made. I recommend it.

[amateur51]

I do miss the text that used to arrive about 10 mins after BaL had finished advising us of the 'winner'.

I do too, pastoralguy!