Heifetz plays Korngold Violin Concerto in D - Part 1/3

wow everytime i hear this...it truly touches my heart

Korngold had vowed not to compose other than for the cinema until Hitler had been defeated. Encouraged by Bronisław Huberman, the violin concerto was his first composition after the war's end; he dedicated it to Alma Mahler.

Heifetz premiered the concerto with Vladimir Golschman conducting the St. Louis Symphony. Of the performance, Korngold wrote,

"In spite of the demand for virtuosity in the finale, the work with its many melodic and lyric episodes was contemplated for a Caruso than for a Paganini. It is needless to say how delighted how I am to have my concerto performed by Caruso and Paganini in one person: Jascha Heifetz."

That's still my favourite interpretation of this piece.....but although I'm not one of her big fans, I like A.S. Mutter's rendition (Previn/London) of this piece, too

every time i listen to this, not only do i hear the romance but all i can think of is final fantasy x2 and wandering around in the world making adventures and whatnot. this is all i listened to appearently while playing that game

Actually, the concerto was originally written for Hubermann, but he died, so Heifetz premiered it and had a hand in some of the writing.

This is the New York and radio premiere performance, not the studio recording. This is much better conducted and played, in my opinion.

this has been a favorite recording of mine for the last 20 years. Haven't found a better recording...... He is my idol....... and I'm a pianist.

there's no way that guy's playing that song. he's not even moving

This was written for Heifetz

Ooh- really? COOL! I only knew he premiered it... thanks for the info! (Now I know more... MUAHAHA HAHA!)
You know, knowledge is power!
It's soo PRETTY and, well- ah, this rocks!!! =)