The violin concertos by Korngold and Rózsa were both premiered and first recorded by the legendary violinist Jascha Heifetz.
Performer Biography
Baiba Skride, the violinist on this album, was born into a musical Latvian family in Riga and won the 1st prize of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2001.
Composer Biography
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, a composer featured on this album, was a child prodigy who garnered admiration from musical Vienna and masters like Strauss and Mahler at age eleven.
Performer Biography
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, one of the conductors on this album, is the Chief Conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony and the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra.
Instruments
Baiba Skride performs on the Stradivari 'Yfrah Neaman', which is on loan to her from the Neaman family through the Beare's International Violin Society.
Historical Context
The musical life of the USA was long dominated by European artists, a trend that peaked during the migration wave of the Third Reich.
Cultural Impact
Erich Wolfgang Korngold's exquisite scores for 19 Hollywood films won him three Oscars between 1936 and 1941, making him one of the greatest composers of the 'Golden Age of Hollywood'.
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