Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 (1878)

11/17/2015

The Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77, was composed by Johannes Brahms in 1878 and dedicated to his friend, the violinist Joseph Joachim. It is Brahms’s only violin concerto, and, according to Joachim, one of the four great German violin concerti. The Germans have four violin concertos. The greatest, most uncompromising is Beethoven’s. The one by Brahms vies with it in seriousness. The richest, the most seductive, was written by Max Bruch. But the most inward, the heart’s jewel, is Mendelssohn’s.

I. Allegro non troppo 0:00
II. Adagio 22:36
III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace 32:26

David Oistrakh
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
Otto Klemperer
Studio recording, Paris, June 17-19, 1960

[Dedicated to Ida Holst]

3 responses to “Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 (1878)”

Musicophile

November 17, 2015 at 3:10 pm

Love the recoding with Oistrakh and Klemperer as well, in fact this was my first recoding of this concerto. Heifetz has done another outstanding one. But these days my preferred version is by Isabelle Faust and Daniel Harding.

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1. @ronnierocket
  
  November 17, 2015 at 3:21 pm
  
  Great tip. Thanks. We will look for this recording! 🙂
  
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  1. Musicophile
    
    November 17, 2015 at 3:24 pm
    
    FYI here’s a link to my review: http://musicophilesblog.com/2015/07/24/isabelle-faust-and-brahms-just-magical/

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