Message #6071

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Following wide popular request ;D :

Stjepan Šulek (1914-1986)

Violin Concerto (1951)
Allegro - Adagio - Finale: allegro vivace
Stjepan Šulek (violin)
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra / Pavle Dešpalj
rec. 1960

Broadcast by Croatian Radio HR3 in 2008

http://www.mediafire.com/?8ia95g8ar792mre
http://www.mediafire.com/?16ta4q2hcjwg93t
http://www.mediafire.com/?bify2o99e1cfjoc

The sound quality is uneven, unfortunately, but this is still a splendid performance of a captivating work. Arguably, it remains one of Šulek's most direct tributes to the Romantic tradition (Beethoven, Brahms, Dvořák). It is also typically a "violinist's concerto", and one of the very best, for that matter. The central part has been particularly praised.