Karl Goldmark ‎– Overtures: Sakuntala, Im Frühling, Prometheus, In Italien / Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, András Kórodi / Hungaroton Audio CD 1985 Stereo / Goldmark Károly: Nyitányok

HCD12552-2 

ASIN: B000003060

Hungarian composer Karl Goldmark enjoyed his first 15 minutes of fame in the 19th century as the composer of the grand opera, The Queen of Sheba. During the next century, he enjoyed another 15 minutes when Leonard Bernstein recorded the charming Rustic Wedding Symphony. He was what the Germans call a "Kleinmeister" or Little Master, a very good, ut not great composer. These overtures demonstrate the point exactly. The are all really enjoyable, full of good tunes, well orchestrated, but in the last analysis not as memorable as, say, overtures by Wagner or Dvorák--to mention a couple of contemporaries. But that doesn't mean you can't have a good time with them. --David Hurwitz