Korngold & Rozsa -Violin Concertos; Waxman - Carmen Fantasy (1997)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Concerto, Op.35 in D
1. Moderato nobile  7:55
2. Romance 07:13 
3. Finale; Allegro assai vivace 06:43 

Miklós Rózsa - Concerto, Op.24
4. Allegro non troppo ma passionato (rec.1956) 11:24
5. Lento cantabile 07:38 
6. Allegro vivace 07:56 

Miklós Rózsa - Sinfonia concertante, Op.29
7. Tema con variazioni - Theme (rec.1963) 01:20 
8. Tema con variazioni - Variation I	 01:07 
9. Tema con variazioni - Variation II 	01:14 
10. Tema con variazioni - Variation III 	00:49 
11. Tema con variazioni - Variation IV 	02:14 
12. Tema con variazioni - Variation V	 01:13 
13. Tema con variazioni - Variation VI 	01:29 
14. Tema con variazioni - Variation VII 	01:42 

15. Franz Waxman - ''Carmen'' Fantasy (rec.1946) 09:30 

Jascha Heifetz – violin
Gregor Piatigorsky – cello (7-14)
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Alfred Wallenstein – conductor (1-3)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Walter Hendl – conductor (4-6)
RCA Victor Orchestra
Donald Voorhees – conductor (15)

The Rózsa violin concerto is one of my favorite pieces and this is, beyond all doubt, the best recorded performance of this far-too-neglected work. I do have one quibble with Maestro Heifitz's performance: he rushes the central theme of the middle movement a bit; I would love to have heard him "sing" it a bit more, at a slighltly slower tempo -- a bit more tenderness and longing -- because it is such a moving melody.

The other pieces on this disc are also wonderful, especially the Korngold. I respectefully disagree with the earlier reviewer about the Korngold being too cliché and corny, but as the old Romans said, "De gustibus non disputandum est."

If you are a Heifitz fan, or these three great masters of film music, you can't go wrong with this CD. --- Donald M. Campbell, amazon.com

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