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	Johannes Brahms - Violin Concerto
		His Violin Concerto, Double Concerto for violin and cello, and three violin sonatas were all created for the very same man, Joseph Joachim, Brahms' recital partner, musical advisor, and friend for all of their adult lives.
		Brahms had begun his professional career in the 1850s as a piano accompanist to better-known artists, particularly violinists, such as Joachim.
		The two men had performed together for decades, and Brahms certainly knew the impressive extent of his colleague's talent, but not being a violinist himself, the composer was concerned about the practicality of what he was creating.
	w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de /cmp/brahms_violin_con.html (481 words)

	Johannes Brahms - Concerto for Violin
		Brahms composed this, his only violin concerto in the summer of 1878, and it was first performed at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, on January 1, 1879, with the composer conducting.
		Brahms incorporated several of Joachim's suggestions into the final version of the score, and rather than providing a cadenza for the first movement, he used one written by Joachim.
		Brahms also makes several subtle references to Beethoven's violin concerto, which is also in D Major.
	www.galvestonsymphony.org /composers/JBrahms_ConcViolin.html (767 words)

	Brahms & Stravinsky Violin Concertos - Hilary Hahn - sonyclassical
		Brahms had drafted a second violin concerto, but in time he became so discouraged by the reception accorded his first that he tossed the new one into the fire and never attempted another.
		Shortly after Brahms’s death in 1897, however, his violin concerto was taken up by a new generation of players – among them Fritz Kreisler, Maud Powell, Bronislaw Huberman, and Efrem Zimbalist – and their performances helped the public to hear the concerto with new ears.
		By World War I, the Brahms violin concerto was already being ranked alongside the Beethoven (which it resembles in length, structure, and proportions) as one of the two greatest concerti ever written for the violin, and time has not altered that assessment.
	www.sonyclassical.com /music/89649/notes.html (1329 words)

	BRAHMS ~ NOTES Page ~ aMUSIClassical Directory
		Brahms was not a very religious man, in fact he started his career as a whorehouse pianist at the Hamburg docks.
		It's a four MMT concerto and was FP on Nov 9, 1881 with Brahms as soloist.
		He worked on this concerto during the summer of 1878 in a Austrian village where he had previously composed the lyrical Second Symphony and where in the following summer he was to compose the G major violin sonata.
	www.angelfire.com /biz/musiclassical/brahms.html (1228 words)

	[Brahms - Violin Concerto] notes by Paul Serotsky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Brahms' compositions prompted Joachim to introduce him to Liszt and Schumann, and by 1856, as Princesse Frederike's piano tutor, Brahms had a cushy job leaving lots of time for composition.
		Following the First Piano Concerto (1859), German Requiem (1868), and Symphonies 1 and 2 (1876/7), the Violin Concerto (1878) was written for, with the invaluable advice of, and (probably) inspired by Joachim, who furnished the sympathetic cadenza.
		Brahms, having tried “symphonising” the form with his First Piano Concerto and poised to succeed gloriously with the Second (1881), planned the Violin Concerto in four movements.
	www.musicweb.uk.net /Programme_Notes/brahms_vc.htm (811 words)

	Oehmsclassics: Schmid, Benjamin - Goldmark: Violin Concerto · Brahms: Double Concerto
		The Concerto was written between 1875 and 1878, at almost one and the same time as concerti by Brahms and Tchaikovsky (premiered respectively one and three years later), a fact that doubtless affected the fate of Goldmark’s Concerto.
		Here, however, the scheme of Piano Concerto No. 1 and the Violin Concerto is largely repeated: from the dramatically intense and the most symphonic first movement (Allegro) through the strophic, ballade-form of the meditative Andante to the temperamental genre finale (Vivace non troppo), as always with Brahms permeated with Hungarian gypsy accents.
		What was new with the Double Concerto was arguably its great severity of form and objectiveness of tone: not by mere chance did the ageing genius (the Concerto marked the start of what would be the last ten years of his life) turn to the devices and style of the concerto grosso.
	www.oehmsclassics.de /cd.php?formatid=189&sprache=eng (2345 words)

	Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Brahms began the Second Concerto in 1878 under the inspiration of an Italian vacation.
		The work was soon set aside in favor of a violin concerto, and Brahms did not take it up again until another Italian visit three years later.
		It is evidence not only of the magnificence of this new piece, but also of how far Brahms had come in the public consciousness, for this work, less stormy yet no less ambitious than its predecessor, benefited from being the effort of a household name.
	w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de /cmp/brahms_piano_con2.html (374 words)

	Brahms: Violin Concerto
		In 1848 the 15-year-old Johannes Brahms, on tour as accompanist to the Hungarian violinist Eduard Reményi, was introduced to Joseph Joachim, a talented fiddler two years his senior.
		It was only natural that Brahms should wish to write a concerto for his friend, but 30 years would elapse before he could muster the confidence to do so.
		But Brahms continued to have doubts, and soon had discarded the middle two of the original four movements, replacing them with what the eternal jokester termed ``a feeble Adagio.'' Joachim saw through his old friend's self-deprecation and wasted no time in presenting the new work to the public.
	fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu /geoff/prognotes/brahms/violinCon.html (226 words)

	[Brahms - Concerto for Violin and Cello, op. 102] notes by Paul Serotsky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Brahms, typically, was never satisfied with his work.
		Joachim's suggested revisions were never taken literally, Brahms preferring to use them as technical guidelines for his own revisions.
		Permission for use will generally be granted on application, free of charge subject to the conditions that (a) the author is duly credited, and (b) a donation is made to a charity of the author's choice.
	www.musicweb.uk.net /Programme_Notes/brahms_vcello.htm (844 words)

	Linn Records - Brahms Violin Concerto and Hungarian Dances
		Brahms declined to write a cadenza for the movement leaving this task to Joachim instead.
		Each of the three movements of the Concerto reveals a different dimension of Brahms’s multi-faceted compositional persona, and if the first movement epitomises Brahms the symphonist, it is Brahms the song composer who emerges in the lyrical second movement.
		Brahms largely avoided the Verbunkos, however, and the contrapuntal textures and harmonies characteristic of his own style are much more prominent.
	www.linnrecords.com /recording-brahms-violin-concerto-and-hungarian-dances-sacd.aspx (1229 words)

	Amazon.com: Brahms: Violin Concerto; Mozart: Sinfonia: Music: Johannes Brahms,Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,David ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		David Oistrakh recorded the Brahms violin concerto several times, and this one, with the odd combination of a French orchestra conducted by a quintessentially German conductor, Otto Klemperer, is the best I've heard.
		The combination of violin virtuoso David Oistrakh with conductor Otto Klemperer, a legend by itself, is almost always a guarantee for a legendary recording.
		Brahms: Violin Concerto; Mozart: Sinfonia ~ Johannes Brahms
	www.amazon.com /Brahms-Violin-Concerto-Mozart-Sinfonia/dp/B00005NPJ1 (1994 words)

	INKPOT#56 CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWS: BRAHMS Violin Concerto. Double Concerto. Kremer/Hagen. Royal ...
		The Brahms Violin Concerto, together with the Beethoven Violin Concerto are the two heavyweights of the violin concerto genre, and are both essentials in any violinist's soloist career.
		One is this, that Brahms is depicted as a fat man much of the time and that his music can also be played in a not-so-fat manner.
		I didn't find the Beethoven Violin Concerto effort between Mr H and Mr K (also on Teldec 9031-74881-2) to be revelatory at all, although I appreciated the really clear sound by Teldec.
	inkpot.com /classical/brahmsvndbcon.html (926 words)

	Sheet Music Plus - BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Brahms dedicated this piece to Joseph Joachim, the famous violinist, who contributed much to its solo part.
		Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.
		Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041; Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1042 For violin and piano...
	www.sheetmusicplus.com /a/item.html?item=3366838&id=79590 (286 words)

	Jascha Heifetz and Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, cond. Brahms & Tchaikovsky violin concertos
		The reason that Tchaikovsky's concerto was not premiered for three years after its completion is simple: Leopold Auer, the most noted virtuoso of the time, for whom it was written, refused to attempt it.
		Tchaikovsky's concerto is indisputably one of the two or three greatest orchestral work for violin in the nineteenth-century canon.
		As Charles O'Connell noted, the purpose of this concerto was to "exploit -- in and against a setting of voluptuous orchestral splendor -- the ultimate tonal and technical resources of the violin." As he concludes, it succeeds, and Heifetz and the CSO succeed as well.
	www.greenmanreview.com /cd/cd_heifits_twofer_12_05.html (720 words)

	Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra, Op.
		His first work for a soloist with orchestra, a piano concerto intended to showcase his own pianistic abilities, had to wait until he was 35 years old.
		The idea of a concerto for the violin, an instrument he did not play, was even more daunting, waiting another 20 years to be attempted.
	fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu /fmg-members/geoff/prognotes/brahms/violinConV2.html (328 words)

	Premiere Music Distributors - BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D - Hungarian Dances - Swensen - Scottish Chamber (SACD)
		A big symphonic concerto like the Brahms might seem an odd choice for a chamber orchestra, but the string section of the SCO is so good and full-sounding that it has to be the most impressive aspect of this CD.
		It's a brave move, too, to undertake this difficult concerto with the soloist as conductor, but Joseph Swensen is highly accomplished in both fields and no matter how much rubato he uses (and he doesn't make it easy for them) the SCO stick to him like glue.
		You'd expect the concerto to be the highlight of this CD, but it's actually the Hungarian Dances which steal the show in terms of virtuosity and balance.
	www.premieremusic.net /catalog/cd.php?cd=LNCKD224 (946 words)

	classical music - andante - violin concertos: brahms, stravinsky
		Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D. Hilary Hahn (violin); Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner.
		Violin Concerto in D. Hilary Hahn (violin); Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner.
		This was another concerto that Stern (with the composer in support, no less) made very much his own, yet Hahn's and Marriner's espressivo affection and infectious vitality touch the emotional heart of the work in a way I have never heard equalled on disc.
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=15141 (381 words)

	Brahms Dbl Concerto Review
		If all you want is a fine performance of the violin and double concertos with first-rate string playing, a solid orchestral collaboration, and really good recorded sound, stop here.
		If you already have a Kremer Brahms concerto, whether to move on to this one is another tough question.
		The current Mutter is, of course, a complete artist with a range of color and expression far beyond what she (or probably anyone else) had as a teenager; and this new recording supersedes the old one.
	members.cox.net /endoj/ARG1.htm (1012 words)

	classical music - andante - brahms: violin concerto; double concerto for violin, cello and orchestra
		Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op.
		This is a Brahms fiddle concerto that sparkles and seduces just as surely as though Shaham were tackling Wieniawski or Tchaikovsky.
		Add to that deeply committed support from Abbado and the BPO, and DG sonics that sound especially alluring in the Double Concerto's Jesus-Christus-Kirche (the Violin Concerto was recorded in the Philharmonie), and you have the finest concerto disc to have come my way so far this year.
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=17888 (476 words)

	Conservatory Backstage Pass: Oberlin Orchestra
		Polivnick adds, "The Brahms violin concerto is a good piece to play in concert with Prokofiev because, while Prokofiev does display an emotional depth, it is more steely and intense, and not at all sentimental.
		Polivnick, who trained as a violinist and has performed the Brahms concerto, says "When musicians come to a piece with a deep, prior knowledge of its flow and rhythm, rehearsals start at a higher level of communication between the conductor and the orchestra.
		Since most of the players know and have a great appreciation for the Brahms violin concerto, their sensitivity and musicality in the actual performance is bound to be very good."
	www.oberlin.edu /con/bkstage/199903/oborch40299.html (602 words)

	Great Performances . The Art of Violin . Biography . Ivry Gitlis \| PBS
		Ivry Gitlis was born in 1922, in Haifa, Israel, to Russian parents.
		He received his first violin at the age of five and gave his first concert at age ten.
		Itzhak Perlman, violin superstar of the latter half of the 20th century.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/gperf/shows/artofviolin/igitlisbio.html (262 words)

	Item #1450208FK - Johannes Brahms - Violin Concerto In D Major, Opus 77 - Violin Sheet Music
		You can be the star, and you can begin by practicing this beautiful Brahms work, "Violin Concerto in D major, Opus 77".
		Geoffrey Applegate performs the violin solo on the right channel for you to study, then remove, so you can play the score along with the Vienna Festival Orchestra.
		Celebrate Christmas with this collection of 20 carols in very easy arrangements for violin with an optional part for a second violin.
	www.superdupermusic.com /violin/1450208.html (381 words)

	Jascha Heifetz, Violin / Gregor Piatigorsky, Cello - Brahms: Concerto for Violin & Cello - 180 Gram Vinyl
		Brahms and his good friend (and legendary violinist) Joseph Joachim were close friends and professional supporters for 30 years when, during Joachim's divorce proceedings against his wife Amalie, she used a letter of support written by Brahms against her husband.
		With Baroque strings in his studies of the time, a cello and violin work was a natural choice.
		This is Brahms affectionately played by some of the world's greatest musicians, Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky.
	store.acousticsounds.com /browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=29649 (379 words)

	Soloist, orchestra do justice to Brahms' Violin Concerto - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		The Brahms Concerto may be gorgeous, but it is even more daunting.
		It's a concerto for two mighty protagonists." It is a concerted conflict, the odds not helped by Brahms's heavy scoring.
		The voice Oliveira gave his violin was not the floating, delicately sweet side of Romanticism; rather, his was focused and vigorous even while luxuriating among velvet melodies.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2006/Oct/15/ln/FP610150368.html (676 words)

	Classical Net Review - Maestrino - Brahms - Violin Concerto & Sonata #3
		One of them was this particular record of the Brahms concerto, my first and only copy at that time.
		In his book The Concerto: A Listener's Guide Michael Steinberg says of the Adagio "What the oboe plays at the beginning of the Adagio is…one of the most beautiful melodies ever to come to Brahms." Listening to this recording you realize what a great orchestra the Cleveland was under Szell.
		I would recommend this, however, for the concerto if it were the only piece on the disc.
	www.classical.net /~music/recs/reviews/e/emi67973a.html (712 words)

	CBC: The Concerto According to Pinchas - Results
		Here are the results of your votes on the concertos that Pinchas and Eric discussed.
		Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, Opus 77 - (59 votes)
		Alban Berg Violin Concerto - To the memory of an angel - (8 votes)
	www.cbc.ca /concertos/poll.html (123 words)

	Amazon.com: Brahms: Violin Concerto: Music: Johannes Brahms,Klaus Tennstedt,London Philharmonic Orchestra,David ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Treasures like Kennedy's performance of the Brahms' Violin Concerto are the rarest, most elemental, configurations of the human condition; they remind us who we are, where we've come from, what we love.
		Tennstedt was the most improvisatory of conductors, and his notion of the Brahms violin concerto slows the first movement down to Celibidache speed: at 26 min.
		Generally described as the titan of violin concertos, it is admirably played and recorded, and the result is about 45 minutes of beautiful sound.
	www.amazon.com /Brahms-Violin-Concerto-Johannes/dp/B000002RRZ (1915 words)

	Castle Classics Brahms - Violin Concerto & Double Concerto
		J Brahms, R Schumann: Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A-minor Op.102; Cello Concerto in A-minor Op.129 - National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Andrew Constantine, conductor
		J Brahms: Violin Concerto. Piano Quartet - Benjamin Schmid, violin; "George Enescu" Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra; Cristian Mandeal, conductor
		J Brahms: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra in A minor - Julius Berger, cello; Ursula Schoch, violin; New Philharmonic Westfalen; Johannes Wildner, conductor
	shop.castleclassics.co.uk /acatalog/Brahms___Violin_Concerto.html (1128 words)

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