Max Bruch: Violinkonzerte 1 & 3 (2005)

Even in the age of rampaging globalization, how many American listeners will try this recording of Max Bruch's First and Third Violin Concertos? Although the performances by violinist Torsten Janicke are wonderfully lyrical and magnificently virtuosic, how many American listeners will try his Bruch recording when there are recordings out there by Perlman and Heifetz? Although the accompaniment by Gürzenich Orchester Köln under Markus Stenz is wholly idiomatic and warmly affectionate, how many American listeners will try ... Read More

Even in the age of rampaging globalization, how many American listeners will try this recording of Max Bruch's First and Third Violin Concertos? Although the performances by violinist Torsten Janicke are wonderfully lyrical and magnificently virtuosic, how many American listeners will try his Bruch recording when there are recordings out there by Perlman and Heifetz? Although the accompaniment by Gürzenich Orchester Köln under Markus Stenz is wholly idiomatic and warmly affectionate, how many American listeners will try their Bruch recording when there are recordings out there by the Israel Philharmonic and the RCA Symphony? Although these super audio sound recordings by EBS Records of Bietigheim-Bissingen are lushly vivid and truly translucent, how many American listeners will try this Bruch recording when there are recordings out there on DG and EMI? Hopefully, as many American listeners as possible, because it is a superlative recording in every way and it deserves to be heard by any listener who... Read Less