Benjamin Frankel: Violin Concerto in Memory of the Six Million; Viola Concerto; Serenata Concertante

Benjamin Frankel (Composer), Werner Andreas Albert (Conductor), Queensland Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Steven Emmerson (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Steven Emmerson
• Orchestra: Queensland Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Werner Andreas Albert
• Composer: Benjamin Frankel
• Audio CD (June 2, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cpo Records
• ASIN: B0000061JH
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #357,474 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra Op. 24: In Memory Of The Six Million: Moderato, serioso

2. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra Op. 24: In Memory Of The Six Million: Allegro assai, alla burla

3. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra Op. 24: In Memory Of The Six Million: Andante mesto

4. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra Op. 24: In Memory Of The Six Million: Grazioso, quasi Allegretto

5. Viola Concerto Op. 45: Andante: Allegro moderato

6. Viola Concerto Op. 45: Lento

7. Viola Concerto Op. 45: Allegro assai

8. Seranato Concertante For Piano Trio And Orchestra Op. 37

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Neo-Romantic music thrust in with a unique serial method., February 2, 2002

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Matthew L. Pumphrey "Music aficionado" (Annapolis, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Benjamin Frankel: Violin Concerto in Memory of the Six Million; Viola Concerto; Serenata Concertante (Audio CD)

Frankel was known mostly as a leading British composer of film music and as such, you can hear the dramatic movie "sound" in his concert pieces. Over the years his music became more complex but still held his own lyrical sound style. The compelling and emotional Violin Concerto is an earlier work, less experimental than the later Viola Concerto, but still a very modern concerto with its bizarre and surprising waltz-like final movement. The three pieces performed here display a truely unique craftsmanship and heartfelt intensity that must be recommended in the highest degree. Check it out!