{"product_id":"max-bruch-concerto-for-2-pianos-suite-on-russian-themes-1","title":"Max Bruch: Concerto for 2 Pianos  - Suite on Russian Themes","description":"\u003cp\u003e100 years ago the composer Max Bruch died. His remarkably long life of 82 years covered a period in contemporary history that was determined by scientific progress and comprehensive industrialization, developments that also found expression in art. Shortly after the turn of the century the scandals concerning the compositions by Igor Stravinsky and Arnold Schoenberg were already rocking the musical world, however, Bruch met the tide of events as stoically as a rock: conservative, patriotic and above all unconditionally beholden to Romanticism in music. The present program was recorded during a Max Bruch Jubilee Concert in Halle and focused besides the famous Suite on Russian Themes also on the rarely performed Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEWS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis fine disc presents two \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBruch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e rarities, composed towards the end of his life, both of which started out in other guises. The five-movement \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSuite on Russian Themes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is an adaptation (with new material added) of his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSongs and Dances\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Op. 79, originally for violin and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003epiano\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. It is remarkable (even for a composer in his mid-60s) that music of such Mendelssohnian deftness and sparkle could have emerged during the first decade of the last century. But putting aside issues of chronology, those who delight in the charming rusticity of, say, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScottish Fantasy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, should find these well-crafted miniatures enchanting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-- BBC \u003cem\u003eMusic \u003c\/em\u003eMagazine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Capriccio","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49711208300824,"sku":"845221054209","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/3851166-2605731.jpg?v=1777783477","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/max-bruch-concerto-for-2-pianos-suite-on-russian-themes-1","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}