Max Bruch
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WORKS FOR CLARINET & VIOLA
WARNER CLASSICS
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Oct 13, 2020
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SCOTTISH FANTASY
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Oct 13, 2020
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 2/Scottish Fantasy (2015) Itzhak Perlman, New Philharmonia Orchestra/Jesus Lopez-Cobos. If the Violin Concerto No. 1 is Bruch's best-known work, his Violin Concerto No. 2 - dedicated to the great virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate - and Scottish Fantasy provide plentiful evidence of his gift for melody and his capacity for touching the heart.
Pablo Casals - The Complete HMV Recordings 1926-1955
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Aug 25, 2023
The Catalan cellist Pablo Casals (1876-1973) was first to bring to wider notice the works that open this set, J.S. Bach's solo cello suites. Thereafter we hear his celebrated partnership with Horszowski in Beethoven and the groundbreaking piano trio formed with Thibaud and Cortot in Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Mendelssohn. From the symphonic repertoire come the concertos by Dvořák (with George Szell) and Elgar (Adrian Boult). Finally, an enchanting disc of encores and - with Casals's own street-band or cobla - seven examples of the sardana, the national dance of the great artist's beloved homeland.
Tansman & Bruch: Music for Violin & Orchestra
Accentus Music
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Mar 27, 2026
This captivating new recording by violinist Viviane Hagner brings together two composers whose music, at first glance, seems to come from very different worlds-yet reveals striking artistic affinities. Max Bruch, a pillar of German Romanticism, and Alexandre Tansman, a cosmopolitan Polish composer who spent much of his life in France, share a gift for melody and expressive nuance. Hagner, joined by the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Lukasz Borowicz, offers radiant performances of Bruch's Konzertst�ck and the beloved Kol Nidrei, alongside Tansman's rarely heard Violin Concerto and Cinq Pi�ces pour violon et petit orchestre. Recorded in July 2025 at the Poznan Philharmonic Hall, the album highlights the rich cultural threads linking German and Polish musical traditions, as well as the composers' shared appreciation for their Jewish heritage. With her luminous tone and keen musical insight, Viviane Hagner brings these works to life with both emotional depth and precision. This album is an invitation to rediscover two remarkable composers-and to experience the beauty and breadth of a repertoire that deserves far wider recognition.
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
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Jun 21, 2019
Max Bruch bequeathed three violin concertos to posterity - but only one of them continues to be present in today's concert halls. The composer himself regarded his op. 58 in D minor as much more finely composed than the popular G minor concerto. This benchmark recording by Andreas Krecher and the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra disappeared from the catalogue many years ago, but now the D minor concerto is being re-released in an attractive double box featuring orchestral works by Bruch. Along with it's rarities repertoire, the phenomenal acoustic dimensions of the historic Wuppertal Stadthalle and MDG's legendary natural sound make this double album a musical feast for the ears. "Schon Ellen," a heroic ballad to a text by Emanuel Geibel, was one of the most frequently sung choral works during the nineteenth century. Even though Bruch had no qualms about transferring the action from the Indian colony to the Scottish highlands, the dramatic appeal is absolutely irresistible. The 'Swedish Dances' are a genuine discovery. Bruch unfolds an overpowering widescreen spectacle with a Nordic atmosphere in the two suites; with highly imaginative instrumentations and musical magic he evokes magnificent soundscapes. Bruch's Symphony No. 2 rounds off this program of rarities. In it Schmalfuss presents the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra as an ensemble that produces a big sound and outstandingly captures the slightly melancholy tone of Bruch's music.
STRING OCTET STRING QUINTETS
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Mar 10, 2020
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Bruch: Das Lied Von Der Glocke / Van Steen, Marguerre, Et Al
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Not too many years ago Max Bruch was close to being a "one-hit wonder" in the classical music lists, that hit being his G minor violin concerto. There were a couple of shorter pieces, notably the Kol Nidrei, but there was little available evidence to judge the opinion of some familiar observers that Bruch was as great a composer as his contemporary Johannes Brahms.
With the CD era came an expansion of recorded repertoire, and now Bruch's three symphonies, more concertos, and several other large-scale works are available. None I've heard shows that he was near Brahms' equal, but they have solid workmanship, good melodies, considerable imagination, and other virtues that result in worthwhile music. However, what likely kept Bruch from the highest compositional magnitude is his music's pervasive comfortable Victorian bourgeois outlook.
A look at Bruch's catalog reveals an emphasis on choral music, including that form so beloved of Victorians, the oratorio. Lay of the Bell (as its title is rendered in the flowery English translation of Edward Bulwer Lytton used in CPO's detailed program book) is not religious, but it is moralistic. Schiller's text was a mainstay of German sentiment during the 19th century. Casting a bell in a foundry is an allegory for raising a child to be a good person, presumed to be the path to ensuring personal prosperity and a well-ordered society. This sentiment foundered on the shoals of World War I and went under entirely during the Nazi era.
So this 100-minute-long choral and orchestral piece comes with a strike against it: It's a bit hard to read the text (particularly in the overheated language of Bulwer Lytton, he most famed for "It was a dark and stormy night...") without sniggering, the while Bruch's music plows on with undiminished earnestness. However, heard without first reading program notes or text, it becomes a very interesting, entertaining work, and it remains so on subsequent listening. There is some stodginess in the music, but it doesn't drag despite the pompous text. The large form is shaped well, so that the unexpected presence of the Christmas tune "Silent Night" at the work's end (unexplained by the notes or the text) evokes a satisfying frisson.
The performers approach the work as worthy of admiration, and they prove that it is. Fine melodies, along with an intriguing harmonic language marrying Brahmsian solidity with Wagnerian love of suspensions and other devices to keep harmonies unpredictable, make the music interesting. The four soloists are a fine group, singing with lyrical tones rather than the barking sound often heard in middle-European oratorio performances. Jac van Steen and his orchestra and chorus work well together, and the live audience is well behaved. The sound is a bit opaque, but not to a troublesome degree.
This is a big piece, obviously intended by the composer to be an Important Work. Ein Deutsches Requiem it ain't, but in this recording it provides a welcome insight into a composer who evidently has a lot of good unknown music still mouldering on library shelves.
--Joseph Stevenson, ClassicsToday.com
With the CD era came an expansion of recorded repertoire, and now Bruch's three symphonies, more concertos, and several other large-scale works are available. None I've heard shows that he was near Brahms' equal, but they have solid workmanship, good melodies, considerable imagination, and other virtues that result in worthwhile music. However, what likely kept Bruch from the highest compositional magnitude is his music's pervasive comfortable Victorian bourgeois outlook.
A look at Bruch's catalog reveals an emphasis on choral music, including that form so beloved of Victorians, the oratorio. Lay of the Bell (as its title is rendered in the flowery English translation of Edward Bulwer Lytton used in CPO's detailed program book) is not religious, but it is moralistic. Schiller's text was a mainstay of German sentiment during the 19th century. Casting a bell in a foundry is an allegory for raising a child to be a good person, presumed to be the path to ensuring personal prosperity and a well-ordered society. This sentiment foundered on the shoals of World War I and went under entirely during the Nazi era.
So this 100-minute-long choral and orchestral piece comes with a strike against it: It's a bit hard to read the text (particularly in the overheated language of Bulwer Lytton, he most famed for "It was a dark and stormy night...") without sniggering, the while Bruch's music plows on with undiminished earnestness. However, heard without first reading program notes or text, it becomes a very interesting, entertaining work, and it remains so on subsequent listening. There is some stodginess in the music, but it doesn't drag despite the pompous text. The large form is shaped well, so that the unexpected presence of the Christmas tune "Silent Night" at the work's end (unexplained by the notes or the text) evokes a satisfying frisson.
The performers approach the work as worthy of admiration, and they prove that it is. Fine melodies, along with an intriguing harmonic language marrying Brahmsian solidity with Wagnerian love of suspensions and other devices to keep harmonies unpredictable, make the music interesting. The four soloists are a fine group, singing with lyrical tones rather than the barking sound often heard in middle-European oratorio performances. Jac van Steen and his orchestra and chorus work well together, and the live audience is well behaved. The sound is a bit opaque, but not to a troublesome degree.
This is a big piece, obviously intended by the composer to be an Important Work. Ein Deutsches Requiem it ain't, but in this recording it provides a welcome insight into a composer who evidently has a lot of good unknown music still mouldering on library shelves.
--Joseph Stevenson, ClassicsToday.com
COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS
Dynamic
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Sep 27, 2011
COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS
Trios For Clarinet, Viola And
Kontrapunkt
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Jan 01, 1997
Trios For Clarinet, Viola And
PIANO TRIOS
Thorofon
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Dec 01, 1986
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Bruch, M.: Lied Von Der Glocke (Das) (Complete)
Thorofon
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Nov 01, 1995
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Schumann & Bruch: Violin Concertos
Channel Classics
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Dutch violinist Niek Baar joins the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie under the direction of Christoph Poppen to perform two classic violin concertos from the mid-19th century: Robert Schumann's Violin Concerto in D minor and Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor. Both of these violin concertos were written for the legendary Joseph Joachim, who had a hand in shaping the final form of both pieces, although ultimately his changes to the Schumann were rejected by the composer. The highly original, introverted and melancholic concerto is a moving self-portrait of the 43-year-old Schumann a few years before his death, and Bruch's No. 1 is one of the most beloved concertos of the entire repertoire.
Bruch: Swedish And Russian Dances / Albert, Et Al
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Feb 24, 2009

This is exactly the kind of music that serious collectors of good Romantic music should snap up without hesitation, that radio stations should play, and that orchestras should consider programming. It's likely to be overlooked because, first, Max Bruch was not a terribly interesting composer most of the time, and the folk music of Sweden doesn't have the cachet of, say, Hungary, the Czech lands, or Spain. It's a pity, because the tunes are delicious, and Bruch's arrangements are perfectly charming, tasteful, and spirited. They are also immaculately performed by Werner Andreas Albert and the Kaiserslautern orchestra. Yes, the English horn player has a tendency to quack, and the music makes no unusual virtuoso demands, yet such is the interest in the repertoire that the finer technical points can't detract from the strongest possible recommendation.
This last point applies with particular force to the Suite on Russian Folk Melodies. It's a really gorgeous 20 minutes of music, with luscious writing for harp and some particularly colorful contributions from the winds and percussion. In short, it shows Bruch writing at the same high level of inspiration that characterizes his famous First violin concerto and Scottish Fantasy--miles away from the often routine, somewhat dour world of the symphonies. The sonics are also excellent, as German radio productions usually manage. So if you're looking for some really enjoyable, off-the-beaten-path 19th-century repertoire (and a disc you will want to play over and over), do check out this release.
--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 3 - Symphony No. 1
Chandos
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Jan 01, 2000
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ORCHESTRAL WORKS
EBS
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Jan 01, 2012
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VIOLIN CONCERT 2/SUITE FOR ORG
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Jan 01, 2012
VIOLIN CONCERT 2/SUITE FOR ORG
SERENADE OP.75/ ROMANZE OP.42/
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Jan 01, 2012
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THE SYMPHONIES/VIOLIN CONCERT
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Jan 01, 2012
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THE COMPLETE WORKS FOR VIOLONC
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Jan 01, 2012
THE COMPLETE WORKS FOR VIOLONC
8 PIECES, OP. 83
Analekta
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Mar 06, 2020
Founded at the Musik Akademie der Stadt Basel, Switzerland, Philon Trio is a chamber ensemble consisting of David Dias da Silva on clarinet, Adam Newman on viola, and Camilla Köhnken on piano. It’s in the context of a residency at Canada’s Banff Center for Arts and Creativity in Alberta that they recorded the excellent work 8 Pieces, Op. 83 by the German composer Max Bruch. Bruch was 72 in 1910 when he composed Acht Stucke Op. 83 for his son, Max Felix, already a professional clarinetist. Written in a late but conservative Romantic style, far removed from the language of Bruch’s contemporaries Stravinsky, Bartók, and Schoenberg, this work is deep, intense, passionate and intimate.
Nathan Milstein Collection, Vol. 1 (Live)
Doremi
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Apr 20, 1999
Nathan Milstein Collection, Vol. 1 (Live)
8 PIECES OP.83, SWEDISH DANCES
Bayer
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Jan 01, 2012
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Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Bruch / Maxim Rysanov, Muhai Tang, Swedish Chamber Orchestra
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Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Bruch Maxim Rysanov Maxim Rysanov Plays Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Bruch
Bruch, M.: 8 Pieces / Martin, F.: Trio Sur Des Melodies Popu
Ars Produktion
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Feb 13, 2009
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Bruch: Pieces for Violoncello and Orchestra
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Jan 01, 2011
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