Mendelssohn - Bruch

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and known generally as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847) was a German composer and conductor of the early Romantic period. He was born to a notable Jewish family, being the grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His work includes symphonies, concertos, oratorios, piano and chamber music. After a long period of relative denigration due to changing musical tastes and anti-Semitism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, his creative originality is now being recognized and re-evaluated, and he is now among the most popular composers of the Romantic era.

Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 is his last large orchestral work. It forms an important part of the violin repertoire and is one of the most popular and most frequently performed violin concertos of all time. A typical performance lasts just under half an hour.


Max Christian Friedrich Bruch (January 6, 1838 – October 2, 1920) was a German Romantic composer and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including a violin concerto which is a staple of the violin repertoire.

His Concerto No. 1 in G minor, op. 26 (1868) for violin is one of the most popular Romantic violin concertos in the concert repertoire. The Bruch concerto uses several techniques from Felix Mendelssohn's violin concerto. These include the linking of movements, and a departure from the customary orchestral exposition and rigid form of earlier concertos.


Tracklist:

01. Mendelssohn - Conc. Violin & Orch - Op. 64 - Allegro
02. Mendelssohn - Conc. Violin & Orch - Op. 64 - Andante
03. Mendelssohn - Conc. Violin & Orch - Op. 64 - Allegro vivace
04. Bruch - Conc. Violin & Orch - Op. 26 - Allegro
05. Bruch - Conc. Violin & Orch - Op. 26 - Adagio
06. Bruch - Conc. Violin & Orch - Op. 26 - Finale
07. Broch - Kol Nidrel Variaciones para Violonchelllo