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MAX BRUCH (1838 - 1920)
Max Bruch was born in Cologne, where he had his early musical training, going on to a career as a teacher, conductor and composer that included a short spell as conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society. From 1891 he was principally occupied in Berlin as professor of composition at the Berlin Academy. Known in his lifetime as a composer of choral works, he is now remembered chiefly for a handful of orchestral compositions.
Orchestral Music
By far the best known of all Bruch’s works must be his Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, to which the Scottish Fantasia for violin and orchestra is a relatively modest pendant. Kol nidrei for cello and orchestra, based on Hebrew themes, is a major item in cello repertoire, just one example of Bruch’s effective use of external themes. He left three symphonies in addition to a variety of other, shorter orchestral compositions (eg a Serenade, a Romance for Viola, and works based on Celtic and Russian melodies).
| Box Set Release |
Catalogue Number |
| 25th Anniversary Boxed Sets - Violin Concertos |
Naxos 8.501058 |
| Classical Moments 1-3 |
Naxos 8.506004 |
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| 100 MASTERPIECES OF SACRED CHORAL MUSIC |
Capriccio C7155 |
Concertos, Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular
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| 101 CLASSICS - The Best Loved Classical Melodies |
Naxos 8.508004 |
Concertos, Ballet, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular, Opera
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| 101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 9 |
Naxos 8.551149 |
Concertos, Orchestral
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| ADAGIO |
Amadis 7168 |
Concertos, Orchestral
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| ADAGIO 1 |
Naxos 8.550994 |
Concertos, Orchestral
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| ALBINONI / BARBER / HANDEL (UK) |
Naxos 8.554584 |
Concertos, Orchestral
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| ANDANTE - Romantic Music for Cello and Orchestra |
Naxos 8.555764 |
Concertos, Orchestral
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| BEST OF AMADIS (THE), Vol. 2 |
Amadis 7802 |
Concertos, Ballet, Orchestral, Instrumental
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| BLOCH, E.: Prayer / Schelomo / KOTOVA, N.: Cello Concerto / BRUCH, M.: Kol nidrei (Kotova, Russian Philharmonia, Orbelian) |
Delos DE3305 |
Concertos, Orchestral
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| BOCCHERINI / HAYDN / ELGAR: Cello Concertos (Casals) (1938, 1945) |
Naxos Historical 8.110305 |
Concertos, Orchestral
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| BRAHMS / BRUCH: Violin Concertos |
Naxos 8.550195 |
Concertos
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| BRAHMS / GLAZUNOV: Violin Concertos (Heifetz) (1934, 1939) |
Naxos Historical 8.110940 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Pop and Rock
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| BRAHMS: Violin Concerto / BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy |
Naxos 8.571016 |
Concertos, Orchestral
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| BRUCH / BRAHMS: Violin Concertos (Kreisler) (1925, 1936) |
Naxos Historical 8.110925 |
Concertos
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| BRUCH, M.: 8 Pieces / GLINKA, M.I.: Trio pathetique in D minor (Montagnana Trio) |
Delos FA8003 |
Chamber Music
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| BRUCH, M.: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 (Weimar Staatskapelle, Halasz) |
Naxos 8.570994 |
Orchestral
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| BRUCH, M.: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Romanze, Op. 85 / String Quintet in A minor (Gluzman, Bergen Philharmonic, Litton) |
BIS BIS-SACD-1852 |
Concertos, Chamber Music
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| BRUCH, M.: Violin Concerto No. 1 / WIENIAWSKI, H.: Violin Concerto No. 2 (Elman) (1956) |
Naxos Classical Archives 9.80396 |
Concertos
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| BRUCH, M.: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / BEETHOVEN, L. van: Romances / SPOHR, L.: Violin Concerto No. 8 (Heifetz) (1951-1954) |
Naxos Historical 8.111371 |
Concertos, Orchestral
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| BRUCH, M.: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 (Fedotov, Russian Philharmonic, Yablonsky) |
Naxos 8.557793 |
Concertos
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| BRUCH, M.: Weihnachts Musik (Christmas Music) (Froschauer) |
Capriccio C10870 |
Concertos, Choral - Sacred
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| BRUCH: 8 Pieces, Op. 83 / INDY: Clarinet Trio, Op. 29 |
Naxos 8.557347 |
Chamber Music
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| BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 / Serenade, Op. 75 |
Naxos 8.557395 |
Orchestral
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| BRUCH: Symphony No. 3 / Suite on Russian Themes |
Marco Polo 8.223104 |
Orchestral
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| BRUCH: Symphony No. 3 / Suite on Russian Themes |
Naxos 8.555985 |
Orchestral
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| BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Konzertstuck / Romance, Op. 42 |
Naxos 8.557689 |
Concertos, Orchestral
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| CANTABILE - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming |
Naxos 8.556605 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| CASALS, Pablo: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 1 (1925-1928) |
Naxos Historical 8.110972 |
Chamber Music
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| CASALS, Pablo: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 3: Complete Acoustic Recordings, Part 1 (1915-1916) |
Naxos Historical 8.110985 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| CASALS, Pablo: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 5: Complete Acoustic Recordings, Part 3 (1920-1924) |
Naxos Historical 8.110987 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| Choral Music - BORTNIANSKY, D. / SCHUBERT, F. / BRUCKNER, A. / BRUCH, M. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / SILCHER, F. / RHEINBERGER, J.G. |
Capriccio C67136-38 |
Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular, Opera
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| Choral Music - BORTNIANSKY, D. / SCHUBERT, F. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / SILCHER, F. / GRIEG, E. / BRAHMS, J. / ABT, F.W. / BRUCH, M. |
Capriccio C51177 |
Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular, Opera
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| Choral Music (Sacred) - HANDEL, G.F. / MOZART, W.A. / HAYDN, F.J. / BEETHOVEN, L. van / BACH, J.S. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / BRUCKNER, A. |
Capriccio C49333 |
Orchestral, Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular
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| CHRISTMAS FAVORITES (Vienna Boys Choir) |
Capriccio C10879 |
Vocal, Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular, Opera
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| CHRISTMAS MEDITATION |
Capriccio C7073 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Vocal, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular
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| CHRISTMAS MUSIC (The Miracle of the Holy Night) (Froschauer) |
Capriccio C10755 |
Orchestral, Vocal, Choral - Sacred, Opera
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| CLASSIC MOODS - BACH, J.S. / GOUNOD, C.-F. / BEETHOVEN, L. van / SCHUBERT, F. / WIENIAWSKI, H. / DVORAK, A. / BRUCH, M. / GRIEG, E. |
Capriccio C18413 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music
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| CLASSIC MOODS - MOZART, W.A. / SILCHER, F. / SCHUBERT, F. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / HAYDN, F.J. / BRUCKNER, A. / BRAHMS, J. / BRUCH, M. |
Capriccio C18406 |
Choral - Sacred
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| CLASSIC MOODS - PERGOLESI, G.B. / BACH, J.S. / HANDEL, G.F. / BACH, C.P.E. / MOZART, W.A. / HAYDN, F.J. / DONIZETTI, G. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix |
Capriccio C18416 |
Vocal, Choral - Sacred
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| CLASSICAL MOMENTS 2: Classical Music for Love |
Naxos 8.555358 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| Double Bass Recital: Sciascia, Stefano - CASALS, P. / OKANO, T. / UTSUMI, Y. / COSTA, P.M. / CAROLAN, T. (Songs of the World) |
Newton Classics NC8802135 |
Chamber Music
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| ELGAR / BRUCH: Violin Concertos (Menuhin) (1931-1932) |
Naxos Historical 8.110902 |
Concertos
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| ENCHANTED LAKE (THE) - Sensual Music by Mozart, Mahler, Grieg, Sibelius, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Liadov, Shostakovich, and others |
Naxos 8.555358DK |
Concertos, Ballet, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| EUROPA-KONZERT 2008 - STRAVINSKY, I.: Symphony in 3 Movements / BRUCH, M.: Violin Concerto / BEETHOVEN, L. van: Symphony No. 7 (Repin, Rattle) (NTSC) |
EuroArts 2056978 |
Classical Concert
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| GALA CONCERT FROM ST. PETERSBURG (Blu-ray, Full-HD) |
EuroArts 2053404 |
Opera DVD, Classical Concert
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| GALA CONCERT FROM ST. PETERSBURG (NTSC) |
EuroArts 2053408 |
Opera DVD, Classical Concert
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| GALA CONCERT FROM ST. PETERSBURG (PAL) |
TDKDVD DV-COGSP |
Opera DVD, Classical Concert
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| GERMAN ROMANTIC CHRISTMAS (Frohlocket ihr Volker auf Erden) (Munich Bach Choir, Albrecht) |
Oehms Classics OC924 |
Chamber Music, Vocal, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular, Opera
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| GOLDMARK, K.: Violin Concerto No. 1 / BRUCH, M.: Violin Concerto No. 2 (Hu, Seattle Symphony, Schwarz) |
Delos DE3156 |
Concertos
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| GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 9 (Australia) |
Naxos 8.570044 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Vocal
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| GREAT VIOLIN CONCERTOS (10-CD Box Set) |
Naxos 8.501058 |
Concertos, Orchestral
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| GREAT VIOLINISTS |
Naxos Historical 8.110980-81 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC 70TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT (NTSC) |
EuroArts 2055878 |
Classical Concert
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| ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ANNIVERSARY BOX (7-DVD Box Set) (NTSC) |
EuroArts 2059458 |
Classical Concert, Classical Documentary
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| KLASSISKA FAVORITER, Vol. 2 |
Naxos 8.550554 |
Concertos, Ballet, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Vocal, Film and TV Music, Instrumental, World, Opera
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| KLASSISKT A-O (The A to Z of Classical Music) |
Naxos 8.553362 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred
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| Marco Polo - The Label of Discovery: Sampler 1 |
Marco Polo 8.223001 |
Concertos, Ballet, Orchestral, Chamber Music
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| MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH: String Octets |
Naxos 8.557270 |
Chamber Music
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| MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH: Violin Concertos |
Naxos 8.550111 |
Concertos
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| MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH: Violin Concertos (Menuhin) (1951-1952) |
Naxos Historical 8.110991 |
Concertos
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| MENDELSSOHN / TCHAIKOVSKY / BRUCH: Violin Concertos (Milstein) (1940-1945) |
Naxos Historical 8.110977 |
Concertos
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| MENDELSSOHN, F.: Violin Concerto, Op. 64 / SCHUMANN, R.: Phantasie / BRUCH, M.: Violin Concerto No. 1 (Schmid, Rheinische State Philharmonic, Raisk) |
Oehms Classics OC725 |
Concertos, Orchestral
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| MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Cello Sonata No. 2 / BEN-HAIM, P.: Songs without Words (The Cantorial Voice of the Cello) (Bloemendal, Diaz, Mark, Tryon) |
Dorian Sono Luminus DOR-90208 |
Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Violin Concerto in E minor / BRUCH, M.: Violin Concerto / VIEUXTEMPS, H.: Violin Concerto No. 5 (Nishizaki, Keylin) |
Naxos 8.572948 |
Concertos
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| MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor / BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 |
Amadis 7026 |
Concertos
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| MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor / BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 |
Naxos 8.571037 |
Concertos
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| MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - GERMANY: A Musical Tour of Bavaria, its Palaces and Castles (NTSC) |
Naxos 2.110243 |
Classical Concert
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| NIGHT MUSIC, VOL. 5 |
Naxos 8.556819 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental, Opera
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| POWELL, Maud: Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 (1904-1917) |
Naxos Historical 8.110961 |
Concertos, Chamber Music
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| SCHUBERT, F.: Arpeggione Sonata / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Rococo Variations (arr. for viola) / BRUCH, M.: Romanze (Rysanov, Muhai Tang) |
BIS BIS-SACD-1843 |
Concertos
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| SCHUMANN, R.: Cello Concerto / BRUCH, M.: Kol Nidrei / CASADESUS, H.: Cello Concerto (Schuster, Waxman) (1953) (Franz Waxman Conducts, Vol. 3) |
Naxos Historical 8.111390 |
Concertos, Orchestral
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| SCOTTISH FANTASIES FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA |
Cedille CDR90000-083 |
Concertos, Orchestral
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| TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme / BRUCH: Kol Nidrei / BLOCH: Schelomo |
Naxos 8.550519 |
Orchestral
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| The Art of Takako Nishizaki |
Marco Polo 8.223996-97 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music
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| VERBIER FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS 2008 (NTSC) |
Ideale Audience 3078178 |
Classical Concert
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| Vocal Recital: Hawlata, Franz - LORTZING, A. / WEBER, C.M. von / CORNELIUS, P. / SCHUBERT, F. / NESSLER, V. / FLOTOW, F. von / BRUCH, M. |
Capriccio C10781 |
Vocal, Opera
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| WINDS OF INDIANA: Saxophone Vocalise |
Delos DE3188 |
Wind Ensemble/Band Music
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| ZEMLINSKY, A. von: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in D minor / BRUCH, M.: 8 Pieces (Kriikku) |
Ondine ODE760-2 |
Chamber Music |
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