Jan Kubelik Violin Concerto No.4

[Alan Howe]

In the thread on Franz Drdla's Violin Concerto...
https://www.unsungcomposers.com/forum/index.php/topic,7336.msg91093.html#msg91093
...I mentioned its coupling on CD, the Violin Concerto No.4 in B flat by Jan Kubelik, dating from the early 1920s:
https://cdmusic.cz/en/other-czech-composers/drdla-f.-1868-1944-kubelik-j.-1880-1940-violin-concertos-m.vilimec-prso-pilsen-ph-%5Bid%3DSJK013%5D

Although it has its more chromatic sections, this is a very beautiful, lyrical, late romantic work, well worth getting to know. It is given a stunning performance here by Miroslav Vilímec who also has the benefit of good support from the Pilsen Philharmonic and conductor Tomáš Brauner.