Brahms: Violin Concerto, Op. 77/Double Concerto, Op. 102
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Release Date: 10/05/2019
Brahms' string concertos are indissolubly linked with the musicians for whom the works were written. He wrote the 'Violin Concerto' for Joseph Joachim and in it he combined what a contemporary critic termed `the great and serious' with songful lyricism, melodic beauty, and a fiery Hungarian finale. To mend a breach with the violinist, Brahms later composed a concerto with the unusual combination of violin and cello, the latter played at the premiere by Joachim's colleague Robert Hausmann. Neither instrument predominates in a work of reconciliation that perfectly embodies both drama and reflection.
1: I. Allegro Non Troppo
2: II. Adagio
3: III. Allegro Giocosso, Ma Non Troppo Vivace
4: I. Allegro
5: II. Andante
6: III. Vivace Non Troppo