Goldmark: Complete Works For Violin & Piano, Vol.1

1. Suite for violin and piano, Op 11 in D major
Composed by Karl Goldmark
with Bruno Canino , Ulf Wallin

2. Suite for violin and Piano, Op 43 in Eflat major
Composed by Karl Goldmark
with Bruno Canino , Ulf Wallin

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Average customer rating: A must get recording.

Goldmark: Complete Works For Violin & Piano, Vol.1 Manufacturer: Cpo Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Goldmark | Goldmark, Karl | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001S10 Release Date: 1997-05-13

Tracks:

1. Ste Op.11 in D: Allegro
2. Ste Op.11 in D: Andante Sostenuto
3. Ste Op.11 in D: Allegro Ma Non Troppo
4. Ste Op.11 in D: Allegro Moderato Quasi Allegretto
5. Ste Op.11 in D: Presto. Allegro Vivace
6. Ste Op.43 in E flat: Allegro Moderato
7. Ste Op.43 in E flat: Andante
8. Ste Op.43 in E flat: Allegro Ma Non Troppo
9. Ste Op.43 in E flat: Allegro Con Fuoco

Customer Reviews:

A must get recording........1999-07-18

Karl Goldmark (1830-1915) was the most important Hungarian composer after Franz Liszt. After the premiere of his first of five operas "The Queen of Sheba" and the Rustic Wedding Symphony, Goldmark became an international celebrity. Until the late 1970s, his works, especially his Violin Concerto, were performed with some regularities. By the 1980s, he was more of a forgotten figure with the recordings of his works (his Opera "Queen of Sheba" for example) now deleted. It was not until the 1990s when Yodani Butt and a few ensembles began to bring the importance of Goldmark back to light, with musical artists Wallin & Canino (in this recording) not excluded.

Goldmark's Suites for Violin & Piano (1869 op. 11 & 1893 op. 43 respectively) has the beauty & the nobleness so characteristic of Goldmark's music. The First Suite is fresh & youthful with a poetic third movement & an exciting lively finale. The Second Suite is more mature, but with the same level of charm & nobleness that is memorable to those not necessarily acquainted with Goldmark's music.

Violinist Ulf Wallin & pianist Bruno Canino performed with warmth & sympathy, with authority upon every note. My only hope is for the same dynamic duo to perform & record more of Goldmark's instrumental works, and soon.

Recommended with a chocolate melting warmth.

Average customer rating: A wonderful follow-up of the First Volume.

Karl Goldmark: Complete Works for Violin & Piano, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Cpo Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Goldmark | Goldmark, Karl | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004U935 Release Date: 2000-07-18

Tracks:

1. Sonata For Violin And Pinao Op 25: Allegro moderato
2. Sonata For Violin And Pinao Op 25: Andante sostenuto
3. Sonata For Violin And Pinao Op 25: Allegro molto vivace
4. Ballad For Violin And Piano Op 54
5. Romanze For Violin And Piano
6. Six Piano Pieces Op 52.: Georgine
7. Six Piano Pieces Op 52.: Im Fluegelkleide
8. Six Piano Pieces Op 52.: Stille Hoffnung
9. Six Piano Pieces Op 52.: Im Leben
10. Six Piano Pieces Op 52.: Mondnacht am See
11. Six Piano Pieces Op 52.: Verloren

Customer Reviews:

A wonderful follow-up of the First Volume........2000-08-10

After giving high praises of the First Volume of Karl Goldmark's works for violin & piano (specifically his two Suites), there's much to praise in this Second Volume (where, to be honest, Goldmark's more effective & memorable music is to be found). The Sonata for Violin & Piano op. 25 (1874) is especially tuneful, with luscious & heart-warming melodies, noble, poetic, yet passionate expression throughout. The first movement is over-developed & repetitive, but one cannot help but feel the lush-romanticism not far from Mendelssohn or even Schumann and overall, this piece has to be ranked as among Goldmark's best works.

The Ballad & Romance for Violin and Piano are also effective, abeit shorter pieces where the attributes of his musical writings remained intact. His Six Pieces for Piano op. 52 is very characteristique in nature, surprisingly nordic & impressionistic in the world of Grieg, Debussy, or even Nielsen, in a springlike, relaxful, poetic mood prevailing throughout all but two pieces (only the Ins Leben & Verloren has some of the virtuousic demands a la Liszt).

Pianist Bruno Canino & Violinist Ulf Wallin truly served Goldmark's music well, with warmth, and understandably, with some indulgence. This CD, with natural and rich sound, should do much in raising Goldmark's stature as a serious composer immeasurably. So far, he is still underappreciated!

I eagerly await the recording of Goldmark's trios and Canino & Wallin would be ideal candidates for that, hopefully upcoming, venture. In the meantime, treasure this CD, as the works are gemstones quite impossible for dissipation.

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