Othmar Schoeck Violin Concerto

Started by alberto, Wednesday 18 May 2011, 10:12

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alberto

Reading about Suter Violin Concerto, as apparently nobody has written about, I would indicate a violin concerto that seems to me the very quintessence of Late Romantic: Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) Concerto "Quasi una Fantasia" in B-flat major op.21 (1912).
Very romantic the genesis of the concerto: the infatuation/love of the composer for the Hungarian violinist Stefi Geyer (1888-1956): dedicatee and first performer.
I've got CD recordings by  Novalis (1995 - 150 070-2, deleted) and Claves (1992- still available?).
Existed a LP recording by Stefi Geyer and Volkmar Andreae (never seen by me).
By the way also Bartok fell in love with Stefi Geyer (unsuccesfully) and composed for her his first violin concerto (performed and published only after Geyer's and Bartok's death. Bartok had recycled the first movement as the first of "Two portraits").