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| | Bruch: The Complete Symphonies | | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Philips | | Release Date : | | 1998-06-09 | | Discs : | | 2 | | Store Price : | | $17.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $17.98 | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Symphony No.1, in E flat, Op. 28: Movement 1
2. Symphony No.1, in E flat, Op. 28: Movement 2
3. Symphony No.1, in E flat, Op. 28: Movement 3
4. Symphony No.1, in E flat, Op. 28: Movement 4
5. Symphony No. 2 in F minor, Op. 36: Movement 1
6. Symphony No. 2 in F minor, Op. 36: Movement 2
7. Symphony No. 2 in F minor, Op. 36: Movement 3
8. Romance, for violin & orchestra in A minor, Op. 42
Disc 21. Symphony No.3, in E major Op. 51: Andante sostenuto - Allegro molto vivace
2. Symphony No.3, in E major Op. 51: Adagio: Adagio ma non troppo
3. Symphony No.3, in E major Op. 51: Scherzo: Vivace
4. Symphony No.3, in E major Op. 51: Finale: Allegro ma non troppo
5. Adagio appassionato, for violin & orchestra in C sharp minor, Op. 57
6. In Memoriam, adagio for violin & orchestra, Op. 65
7. Konzertst?ck (Allegro appassionata & Adagio), for violin & orchestra/piano in F sharp minor, Op. 84
8. Konzertst?ck (Allegro appassionata & Adagio), for violin & orchestra/piano in F sharp minor, Op. 84
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 IF YOU HAVE THE VIOLIN CONCERTOS, BUY THIS CD TOO...
Submitted on: 2009-03-04 |
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| What can I say, if you have the violin concertos by the same line-up. Don't hestiate, get this as well. It has the balance of violin & orchestral pieces and his symphonies. It is a First Rate recording in every sense of the word. What a set. Magnificient!!!!!!!!!!!Bruch's VCs and Syms are better than Brahms if you ask me. |
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ANOTHER WINNER!
Submitted on: 2008-08-03 |
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This 2-CD set of Bruch's 3 symphonies and five violin pieces is a compilation of downright beautiful music. Bruch's romantic symphonies are exquisitely crafted- chock full of lush themes and wonderful orchestration. If you're unfamiliar with them (as I was) at one moment you'll be thinking Schumann, then at another Brahms. There are moments of Mahler-like bombast but fortunately they're few and brief.
The violin pieces are as good or even better- ranging from a virtuosic tour-de-force to haunting introspection.
Both the orchestral and solo violin playing are very well done- no negatives here. And I disagree with a (much earlier) reviewer- I thought Philips did a nice job with the sound throughout, both in the miking and recording.
If you're a fan of Romantic music, and especially German Romantic music (is there any better?) you'll enjoy this modestly-priced CD set as an addition to your collection. |
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Great music
Submitted on: 2007-07-19 |
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| I can't add much to the eloquent comments already posted, but Bruch's symphonies are sweet, relaxing, and surprisingly approachable. I would only wish he had written more. |
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sonorous
Submitted on: 2007-05-06 |
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Max Bruch did not exhaust the possibilities for romantic, passionate violin performance in concerto. He merely came close.
That astonishing achievement earns this underrated late-Romantic composer a place in every listener's library, to say nothing of the Hall of Honor inhabited by 'classical' composers. Kurt Masur's baton leading the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and the inspired violin of Salvatore Accardo in this 1998 Philips 'Duo' release of recordings made in 1978, 1979, 1984, and 1988 make this a CD well worth owning.
The title is anomalous, since the two discs contain not only Bruch's three symphonies, but also his Romanze in A Minor, Op. 42; Adagio appasionato, Op. 57; In Memoriam, Op. 65; and Konzertstück in F sharp minor, Op. 84. Yet nobody's complaining, for it is largely via these pieces that Bruch's mastery with strings shines so brilliantly.
The symphonies are another matter. Those not familiar with Bruch might well use the Brahms symphonies as a reference point, from which one can then move on to mark the significant differences between the two composers.
Bruch's symphonies are sonorous and profoundly moving, a kind of German varietal linked horizontally at some deep level to the tonal palate of an English composer like Vaughan Williams.
This is very fine music. Bruch's symphonies are not Brahms, either in shape or in quality. Yet they are 'Brahmsian', if one may coin an adjective to indicate a master's less gifted but honorable disciple.
It is while listening through the pieces for violin and orchestra that a reviewer wonders how he could have stumbled erect thus far through life without having known this splendid beauty. An album with *only* Bruch's symphonies would be a workhorse piece of the library with little threat of keeping one up late into the morning, listening. An album of Bruch's symphonies *and* these that feature Accardo's violin in front of an exceptionally well-led Gewandhausorchester Leipzig is another matter. Threatening, indeed. |
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 Fine interpretation of little heard music
Submitted on: 2006-08-22 |
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| Max Bruch's symphonies are not well known, but will be of interest to those who love his music. They are workmanlike, beautiful essays, without quite reaching heights of greatness (although with Kurt Masur's superb conducting, one is inclined to have second thoughts at times). When the symphonies in this collection give way to works for violin and orchestra, it is easy to understand why Max Bruch is best remembered for this form. This album includes the heart-rending "In Memoriam" for violin and orchestra - one of Bruch's very finest achievements, even though it remains obscure. |
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