Karl Klingler Violin Concerto in E (1907)

[Alan Howe]

...forthcoming from MDG, coupled with the Viola Sonata - the latter evidently a historic recording featuring the composer. The soloist in the VC is the great Ulf Hoelscher:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/violin-concerto-viola-sonata/hnum/8823389

[eschiss1]

neat. I've skimmed a string quartet available at IMSLP but am not much familiar with his muse. Thanks!

[Alan Howe]

We've had the same performance of the VC in our downloads section for quite a while. It'll be disappearing pretty sharpish...

[Alan Howe]

...in fact it's now gone. The link was broken anyway.

[Mark Thomas]

Great to have a commercial recording of this fine work.

[Alan Howe]

The VC is indeed a beautiful - and virtuoso - piece. My reservation would be that it is melodically rather dull. Klingler was evidently intent on writing a concerto à la Brahms, but he didn't really have the compositional resources to produce a work of that status and standing. So: enjoyable, often very impressive and with much beauty. But no masterpiece. IMHO.