Randall Goosby is a celebrated young violinist. Born in the USA to an African-American father and Korean mother in 1996, and mentored by Itzhak Perlman, he signed an exclusive contract with Decca at the age of 24. 

Goosby is interested in neglected composers, so inevitably he gravitated to the newly unearthed Violin Concertos of Florence Price, the Black, 20th-century composer whose underrated output is currently being re-examined. One of the drivers of that trend is Nézet-Séguin, conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, who recently recorded Price’s First and Third Symphonies.

The scores of Price’s two Violin Concertos (the Second in one movement) were discovered in a dilapidated summer house in Illinois in 2009.

Both are traditional and romantic in style, showcasing the virtuosity of the soloist. Like Price’s three extant symphonies – her Second is lost – they reveal her skill in writing for orchestra, but have less of an obvious African-American influence. The Second Concerto, written in 1952, the year before Price’s death, is a succinct masterpiece. Captured in live performances,...