Everything I listened to appeals directly to my taste in classical music. Bruch was a straightforward German Romantic composer and, apparently, I like that. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say ...

Sometimes composers just make stuff up. That is the lesson that Grammy-winning, super duper famous violinist Joshua Bell teaches in this episode of Classical Classroom. He also talks about how this is ...

You have to feel sorry for Max Bruch. He was born in Cologne in 1838, and in spite of some notable successes would spend his life in the shadow of another German composer, the great Johannes Brahms, ...

You would think, listening to the world’s most popular violin concerto, that it had been written in a white-hot spurt of inspiration. Well, think again! Max Bruch’s beloved First Violin Concerto had a ...

He may have been less adventurous than Brahms but Bruch had a remarkable ear for melody, and in his late works he captured a profound level of expression, writes Andrew Mellor as we approach the ...

Max Bruch resented that his First Violin Concerto (of three) achieved widespread fame while the rest of his output was largely neglected. But with its brooding melodies, unusual form, and joyous ...

Bruch’s First Violin Concerto is a former No.1 in our FM Hall of Fame, and it remains a firm favourite on Classic FM. This new CD gives us the opportunity to hear Bruch ’s other - relatively unknown - ...

Bruch: Suite On Russian Themes; Symphony no. 3. Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Manfred Honeck (Naxos 8.555985, budget price) REALLY, it should be called the Liverpool Symphony. Max ...

Donald Macleod explores Max Bruch’s violin works. Melody, said Bruch, represents the “soul of music” and nowhere is that better represented than in his famous violin concerto. It’s a work which ...

He may have been less adventurous than Brahms but Bruch had a remarkable ear for melody, and in his late works he captured a profound level of expression, writes Andrew Mellor as we approach the ...