For Subscribers

Session Report: Emily Sun on recording the Korngold and Kats-Chernin violin concertos

2024-08-23T08:45:00

1 ASO Symphony Series 2 Wild_Emily Sun_credit Claudio Raschella

Australian violinist Emily Sun speaks to Jessica Duchen about channelling the golden-age tenor Caruso in her recording of Korngold’s filmic Violin Concerto, which she has paired with Elena Kats-Chernin’s own movie-inspired new work

Here are two composers who might at first sound like strange disc-fellows. One is the Soviet-born Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin. The other is Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), the former child prodigy of fin-de-siècle Vienna who made Hollywood his home. Yet their violin concertos have something unusual in common…

Already subscribed? Please sign in

Subscribe to continue reading…

We’re delighted that you are enjoying our website. For a limited period, you can try an online subscription to The Strad completely free of charge.

  • Free 7-day trial

    Not sure about subscribing? Sign up now to read this article in full and you’ll also receive unlimited access to premium online content, including the digital edition and online archive for 7 days.

    Free trial

    No strings attached – we won’t ask for your card details

  • Subscribe 

    No more paywalls. To enjoy the best in-depth features and analysis from The Strad’s latest and past issues, upgrade to a subscription now. You’ll also enjoy regular issues and special supplements* and access to an online archive of issues back to 2010.

    Subscribe

 

* Issues and supplements are available as both print and digital editions. Online subscribers will only receive access to the digital versions.