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Gernsheim: Violin Concertos Nos.1 & 2 & Fantasiestück, Op. 33
Linus Roth (violin)
Hamburger Symphoniker, Johannes Zurl
Listening blind to the first movement of Gernsheim's Op 42 (composed in 1880), your reaction might well be the same as mine - how pleasant, how very like Mendelssohn at times and Bruch at others,...
Gernsheim: Violin Concertos Nos.1 & 2 & Fantasiestück, Op. 33
Linus Roth (violin)
Hamburger Symphoniker, Johannes Zurl
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Listening blind to the first movement of Gernsheim's Op 42 (composed in 1880), your reaction might well be the same as mine - how pleasant, how very like Mendelssohn at times and Bruch at others,...
About
Following our release of two of Friedrich Gernsheim’s symphonies and his piano quintets, we are now pleased to present to you the violin concertos of this composer.
Very much in the spirit of German romanticism, with influences from Mendelssohn, Schumann too, and plenty of Brahms and Bruch, Gernsheim’s music is immediately familiar to the ear though unknown in its specifics. What is special about Gernsheim is his talent for beautiful, extended melodies of Brahmsian character incorporating a touch of Tchaikovsky. This recording is intended as the first step – and not only that – toward their rediscovery.
Contents and tracklist
- Linus Roth
- Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
- Johannes Zurl
- Linus Roth
- Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
- Johannes Zurl
- Linus Roth
- Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
- Johannes Zurl
Awards and reviews
January 2016
Listening blind to the first movement of Gernsheim's Op 42 (composed in 1880), your reaction might well be the same as mine - how pleasant, how very like Mendelssohn at times and Bruch at others, and what a shame it does not quite have their melodic genius…[but] it is well worth hearing, as is the earlier Fantasiestück Op. 33…Linus Roth makes the most of its soaring flights of fancy…an excellent, focused recording
