Andrew Haveron, John Wilson, RTE Concert Orchestra – Korngold: Violin Concerto & String Sextet (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Andrew Haveron, John Wilson, RTE Concert Orchestra – Korngold: Violin Concerto & String Sextet (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 56:31 minutes | 589 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chandos

Korngold began work on his Violin Concerto in 1937, following his father’s suggestion that the main theme from his score for the Errol Flynn epic Another Dawn would make a good basis for a concerto. The work remained dormant while Korngold was exiled to Hollywood after the Anschluss. He resumed work on it in 1945, and fully revised it. Premiered by Jascha Heifetz in 1947, the Concerto is widely performed and recorded, and is certainly Korngold’s best-known concert work.

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Onyx Brass & John Wilson – Festmusik – A Legacy (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Onyx Brass & John Wilson – Festmusik – A Legacy (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:07:17 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Chandos

Described as “easily the classiest brass ensemble in Britain” by BBC Music Magazine, Onyx Brass continues to be the leading light in establishing the brass quintet as a medium for serious chamber music, presenting it in the entertaining and articulate style that has become the group’s trademark.

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