The first biography of Max Bruch, the composer, was not published until the 1980s, indicating a lack of detailed historical documentation about his life.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Max Bruch considered the violin his favorite instrument because he believed it could "sing a melody better than the piano," and melody was the "soul of music" to him.
Performer Biography
Okko Kamu, the conductor, won first prize in the international Herbert von Karajan conducting competition in Berlin in 1969, which launched his international career.
Performer Biography
Ulf Wallin, the violinist on this recording, has been a professor of violin at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin since 1996 and was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 2014.
Composer Biography
Max Bruch, a pianist himself, disliked the piano, often referring to it as an "unmelodic thing with keys" or "that tedious rattlebox."
Critical Reception
Max Bruch predicted that Johannes Brahms would be remembered as one of the supremely great composers, while he himself would be remembered chiefly for his G minor violin concerto.
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