Alyosha Posted August 30, 2002 Report Share Posted August 30, 2002 i have questions about the concerto. 1) how hard is it??? (technically and musically...is it still feasible for students who can't play tchaik, sibelius, dvorak etc yet?) 2) is there a really good edition of the music other than the Schott(sp?)? i got the Schott one but there's absolutely no fingerings and good bowing (i almost think those slurs in the edition are phrasing marks...) 3) is it considered a standard concerto? i know shaham and heifetz recordings are really good...but that's about all i know...i need help!!! Alyosha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
your_piano_stud Posted August 30, 2002 Report Share Posted August 30, 2002 I have a copy of Perlman playing Korngold (also Goldmark on the same CD). I like Heifetz better. I think Shaham's was too not exciting enough and Perlman's is just too sweet as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iupviolin Posted August 31, 2002 Report Share Posted August 31, 2002 Korngold is VERY hard. I think its a piece that should be learned after Tchaikovski and Sibelius, not because its harder, but because you should put Tchaik and the other "big guys" as priorities. Make sure you can play your scales (with double stops) VERY well. This concerto uses a lot of unorthodox technical things, so it would help to practice it very slow and build the tempo. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primrose84 Posted August 31, 2002 Report Share Posted August 31, 2002 my friend played the first mvmt of this concerto last year. i must say i like it. he didn't play it as musically as it couldve been, (long story on that, we wont get into it) but it was technically well performed, and was acceptably musical. he plays strange music though...he somehow went from playing lalo to khatchaturian to korngold. now he's begun chomping at the bartok solo sonata (yes...he has realized he's insane at this point and has bitten off more than he can chew...but he's got a knack for violin and i'd bet he'll get it sooner than later.) i have to agree on the hiefetz recommendation though, good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl-Victor Posted September 1, 2002 Report Share Posted September 1, 2002 I have a few other questions about this work: particularly, what year was it first performed and by whom? Was it written specifically for a particular violinist? And how was it received by the critics and public at the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iupviolin Posted September 1, 2002 Report Share Posted September 1, 2002 written in 1945, Heifetz??? (I'm not real sure...) I assume it recieved a good reception Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyosha Posted September 1, 2002 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2002 also...is this a good audition piece??? Alyosha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primrose84 Posted September 2, 2002 Report Share Posted September 2, 2002 you're right iupviolin...it was for heifetz...my friend looked all the history and whatnot when he played it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl-Victor Posted September 2, 2002 Report Share Posted September 2, 2002 Has anyone heard this rendition? It had a nice review elsewhere: Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD Sinfonietta (1912) Violin Concerto (1945) Ulrike-Anima Mathé (violin) Dallas SO/Andrew Litton rec Nov 1994, Dallas DORIAN DOR-90216 [70.06] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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