Othmar Schoeck- Concerto per violino e orchestra, Op.21 (1911/1912)

Othmar Schoeck, by Hermann BurteOthmar Schoeck:

  (1 September 1886 – 8 March 1957/71세) was a Swiss composer and conductor.

He was known mainly for his considerable output of art songs and song cycles, though he also wrote a number of operas, notably his one-act Penthesilea, which was premiered in Dresden in 1927 and revived at the Lucerne Festival in 1999. He wrote a handful of instrumental compositions, including two string quartets and concertos for violin (for Stefi Geyer, dedicatee also of Béla Bartók's first concerto), cello and horn.

Concerto per violino e orchestra, Op.21 (1911/1912) 

I. Allegretto
II. Grave, ma non lento [14:19]
III. Allegro con spirito [21:36]

Emmy Verhey, violino
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Glasgow diretta da Jerzy Maksymiuk.

Cover image: painting by Ferdinand Hodler.