EntArteOpera Festival
Violinkonzerte und Doppelkonzertvarianten
Gramola 99098 (2 SACDs)
18.6.2018
Total Playing Time: 1:29:13
SACD 1

Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) : Concerto for Violin, Horn & Orchestra in A Major & Orchestra, 1926 26:43

  1. I. Allegro moderato 10:01
  2. II. Elegy (In Memoriam) 5:53
  3. III. Finale. Allegro 10:49
  • Vienna Konzertverein Orchestra
  • Doron Salomon, Dirigent
  • Thomas Albertus Irnberger (violin)
  • TMilena Viotti (horn)
  • Recorded: 27-29 September 2016
  • Recording Venue: Beethovensaal der Pfarre Heiligenstadt, Vienna, Austria

Vitezslava Kaprálová (1915-1940) : Concertino for Violin, Clarinet & Orchestra, Op. 21, 1939 (Completed by M. Štědroň & L. Faltus) 14:14

  1. I. Andante ma non troppo 5:31
  2. II. 5:22
  3. III. 3:21
  • Vienna Konzertverein Orchestra
  • Doron Salomon, Dirigent
  • Thomas Albertus Irnberger (violin)
  • Reinhard Wieser (clarinet)
  • Recorded: 27-29 September 2016
  • Recording Venue: Beethovensaal der Pfarre Heiligenstadt, Vienna, Austria
SACD 2

Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905-1963) : Concerto Funèbre for violin & string orchestra, 1939 rev. 1959 21:00

  1. I. Introduction. Largo 1:33
  2. II. Adagio 7:21
  3. III. Allegro di molto 8:17
  4. IV. Choral. Langsamer Marsch 3:49
  • Israel Chamber Orchestra
  • Martin Sieghart, Dirigent
  • Thomas Albertus Irnberger (violin)
  • Recorded: 16 September 2014
  • Recording Venue: Barocksaal, Schlossmuseum Linz, Austria

Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) : Concerto for violin, piano and orchestra H342, 1953 27:15

  1. I. Poco allegro 9:10
  2. II. Adagio 8:24
  3. III. Allegro 9:41
  • Georgische Kammerorchester Ingolstadt
  • Martin Sieghart, Dirigent
  • Thomas Albertus Irnberger (violin)
  • Michael Korstick (piano)
  • Recorded: 28-29 September 2015
  • Recording Venue: Kongresszentrum Bad Ischl, Austria
The project EntArteOpera is dedicated by means of concerts, scenic performances and publications to the perpetuation and revival of works by forgotten, ostracized composers who were persecuted, exiled or even murdered by the Nazi regime.
Salzburg violinist Thomas Albertus Irnberger presents on this upcoming release the Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra by Ethel Smyth, the Concertino for Violin, Clarinet and Orchestra Op. 21 by Vitezslava Kapralova,
the Concerto funebre for Violin and Strings by Karl Amadeus Hartmann as well as the Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra H 342 by Bohuslav Martinu.
Collaborating artists for these exceptional instrumentations include Milena Viotti, horn, Reinhard Wieser, clarinet, and Michael Korstick, piano,
the Orchestra Wiener Concert-Verein under the baton of Doron Salomon as well as the Israel Chamber Orchestra and the Georgian Chamber Orchestra Ingolstadt under the baton of Martin Sieghart.