The 'Viennese Violinist' Johannes Fleischmann gives heartfelt and deeply insightful interpretations of the music of Erich Korngold and Eric Zeisl. 2020 marked the 70th anniversary of the premiere of the Brandeis Sonata by Eric Zeisl heard on this release alongside Korngold's Violin Sonata. Johannes Fleischmann is joined on this album by pianist Magda Amara and, for Korngold's song Schneeglöckchen, by baritone Günter Haumer.
The Korngold and Zeisl Sonatas are framed by two early Korngold works: ‘Margit’ from the Vier fröhliche Walzer, composed when Korngold was only 14, and Schneeglöckchen, from his 6 Einfache Lieder, Op. 9, on which the composer based the variations of his Violin Sonata’s finale.
The release also boasts an expansive booklet, including insightful essays by Barbara Zeisl Schoenberg explaining the origins of her father’s Brandeis Sonata, and by Zeisl biographer Karin Wagner.
