Description
Following her recital dedicated to exiledcomposers (BIS-2332), Sueye Park joins forceswith the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin,conducted by Valentin Egel, to presentconcertante works for violin and orchestra byKarl Goldmark and Jean Sibelius.The two composers may belong to differentgenerations and cultures, but their musical DNAis strikingly similar; both were virtuoso violinistswho weathered financial and political storms,drew inspiration from Mendelssohn and Wagner,and penned masterful violin concertos. Theirpaths actually crossed in Vienna (1890-91) whenSibelius studied under Goldmark, and this briefbut significant mentorship inspired violinistSueye Park to pair their works on this album.At the heart of the album is Goldmark's ViolinConcerto in A minor, Op. 28 (1877); a sweeping,virtuosic masterpiece that marries Hungarianfolk inflections with German Romanticism.Complementing this are Sibelius's exquisiteshorter works: the late Suite JS 185, the lyricalTwo Serious Melodies, Op. 77, and the highlyexpressive Humoresques, Op. 87. Together, thisprogram celebrates two composers who weresupremely at home writing for the violin--aninstrument inextricably woven into the fabric oftheir musical identities.
