Max Bruch is perhaps the most famous one-work composer, enjoying worldwide fame for his Violin Concerto in g, op. 26, with almost everything else he wrote more or less falling into oblivion. Nevertheless, Bruch continues to hold many a rewarding discovery in store, which is why cpo espouses his cause. This new recording of Bruch’s complete violin and orchestra oeuvre, featuring the NDR Radio Philharmonic and gifted violinist Antje Weithaas, rouses these sleeping beauties. The disc also includes the great Serenade, in actuality Bruch’s fourth violin concerto, and the gripping In Memoriam.
