Mendelssohn / Staryk / Toronto Festival Orchestra- A Retrospective, Vol. 7
The Canadian violin virtuoso, author, and chamber musician Steven Staryk's performing career has encompassed half a century. A child prodigy, he served as concertmaster of the Royal Philharmonic (where he was the youngest concertmaster appointment in history at 24), along with The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, the Chicago Symphony, and the Toronto Symphony. In the early 1950s during the McCarthy era, Staryk was a part of the group coined the 'Symphony of Six', denied entry to the U.S. for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's tour. Volume 7 of this ongoing and welcome retrospective brings us live remastered recordings of Staryk's sensitive and inquisitive playing with Schumann's Concerto in D Minor, Walton's Concerto and Mendelssohn's Concerto in E Minor and provides more evidence that this retrospective is an overdue one.
Tracklist:
- Violin Concerto In D Minor, Woo 23: I. In Kraftigem, Nicht Zu Schnellem Tempo
- Violin Concerto In D Minor, Woo 23: II. Langsam
- Violin Concerto In D Minor, Woo 23: III. Lebhaft Doch Nicht Schnell
- Violin Concerto: I. Andante Tranquillo
- Violin Concerto: II. Presto Capriccioso Alla Napolitana
- Violin Concerto: III. Vivace
- Violin Concerto No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 64, Mwv O 14: I. Allegro Molto Appassionato
- Violin Concerto No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 64, Mwv O 14: II. Andante
- Violin Concerto No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 64, Mwv O 14: III. Allegro Molto Vivace
The Canadian violin virtuoso, author, and chamber musician Steven Staryk's performing career has encompassed half a century. A child prodigy, he served as concertmaster of the Royal Philharmonic (where he was the youngest concertmaster appointment in history at 24), along with The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, the Chicago Symphony, and the Toronto Symphony. In the early 1950s during the McCarthy era, Staryk was a part of the group coined the 'Symphony of Six', denied entry to the U.S. for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's tour. Volume 7 of this ongoing and welcome retrospective brings us live remastered recordings of Staryk's sensitive and inquisitive playing with Schumann's Concerto in D Minor, Walton's Concerto and Mendelssohn's Concerto in E Minor and provides more evidence that this retrospective is an overdue one.
Tracklist:
- Violin Concerto In D Minor, Woo 23: I. In Kraftigem, Nicht Zu Schnellem Tempo
- Violin Concerto In D Minor, Woo 23: II. Langsam
- Violin Concerto In D Minor, Woo 23: III. Lebhaft Doch Nicht Schnell
- Violin Concerto: I. Andante Tranquillo
- Violin Concerto: II. Presto Capriccioso Alla Napolitana
- Violin Concerto: III. Vivace
- Violin Concerto No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 64, Mwv O 14: I. Allegro Molto Appassionato
- Violin Concerto No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 64, Mwv O 14: II. Andante
- Violin Concerto No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 64, Mwv O 14: III. Allegro Molto Vivace