Karl Goldmark (1830 – 1915) Work: Overture, Sappho, Op.44 (1893)

Karl Goldmark (1830 – 1915) Work: Overture, Sappho, Op.44 (1893) Orchestra: Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Adam Medveczky.

Excerpts from Wikipedia:  ‘Karl Goldmark, also known originally as Károly Goldmark (Hungarian: Goldmark Károly) and later sometimes as Carl Goldmark; May 18, 1830, Keszthely – January 2, 1915, Vienna) was a Hungarian composer. Goldmark came from a large Jewish family, one of 20 children. His father, Ruben Goldmark, was a chazan to the Jewish congregation at Keszthely, Hungary. Karl Goldmark’s older brother Joseph Goldmark became a physician and was later involved in the Revolution of 1848, forced to emigrated to the United States. Karl Goldmark’s early training as a violinist was at the musical academy of Sopron (1842–44)’