The three works on this album were all written by Max Bruch at the end of his life, after World War I, when he was more than 80 years old. They were not published until after his death in 1920, and then they were forgotten due to Nazi bans on Bruch's music because of his supposed Jewish ancestry, wartime manuscript loss, and the self-serving actions of modernist gatekeepers. In the world they depict, the Great War might as well never have happened, but perhaps that is part of the point. At any rate, they are remarkably ...
Read More
The three works on this album were all written by Max Bruch at the end of his life, after World War I, when he was more than 80 years old. They were not published until after his death in 1920, and then they were forgotten due to Nazi bans on Bruch's music because of his supposed Jewish ancestry, wartime manuscript loss, and the self-serving actions of modernist gatekeepers. In the world they depict, the Great War might as well never have happened, but perhaps that is part of the point. At any rate, they are remarkably accomplished and assured pieces for an octogenarian, reminiscent by turns of Brahms, Schubert, and occasionally Richard Strauss, with some of the vigorous folk influences that make Bruch's major concertos so popular. To these ears the strongest of the three is the String Octet in B flat major, Op. posth., one of the last things Bruch wrote. The ensemble is four violins, two violas, a cello, and a double bass, making possible everything from quartet-like sounds with the dominant first...
Read Less
Add this copy of Bruch: String Quintets and Octet to cart. $12.16, good condition, Sold by Bookmans rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 2017 by Hyperion.
Add this copy of Bruch: String Octet, String Quintets to cart. $13.33, good condition, Sold by WeBuyBooks rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rawtenstall, LANCASHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2017 by Hyperion.Shipping outside the U.K.? see Shipping Alert details
Add this copy of Bruch: String Quinetes & Octet [the Nash Ensemble ] to cart. $25.09, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2017 by Hyperion.Shipping outside the U.K.? see Shipping Alert details
Portions of content provided by Rovi Corporation. © 2023 Rovi Corporation.