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The Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op.28 by Karl Goldmark was composed in 1877 and premiered in Bremen the same year. Goldmark later composed a second violin concerto, but it was never published, and is believed to be lost. [1]
The concerto consists of three movements:
A standard performance lasts approximately 32 minutes.
A very romantic work, it has a Magyar march in the first movement and passages reminiscent of Dvořák and Mendelssohn in the second and third movements. It has started to re-enter the repertoire, through recordings by such prominent violin soloists as Itzhak Perlman and Joshua Bell. Nathan Milstein also championed the work and Milstein's recording of the Concerto (1957) is widely considered the definitive one.
Recordings of this concerto include:
| Soloist | Orchestra | Conductor | Record Company | Year of Recording | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Milstein | New York Philharmonic | Bruno Walter | 1942 | Vinyl / CD | |
| Philharmonia Orchestra | Harry Blech | EMI Classics | 1957 | Vinyl / CD | |
| Bronislav Gimpel | Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra | Rolf Reinhardt | Vox Records | 1957 | Vinyl / CD |
| Itzhak Perlman | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | André Previn | EMI Classics | 1978 | Vinyl / CD |
| Ruggiero Ricci | Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra | Louis de Froment | Decca Records | 1979 | Vinyl / CD |
| Hu Nai-yuan | Seattle Symphony | Gerard Schwarz | Delos Productions | 1995 | CD |
| Vera Tsu | Razumovsky Sinfonia | Yu Long | Naxos Records | 1995 [lower-alpha 1] /1997 [lower-alpha 2] | CD |
| Joshua Bell | Los Angeles Philharmonic | Esa-Pekka Salonen | Sony Classical Records | 2000 | CD |
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