Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1

After advocating for Beethoven's concerto, advising on the composition of Brahms', and performing Mendelssohn's more than two hundred times, celebrated violinist Joseph Joachim lent his musical talents to a fourth great German violin concerto: Max Bruch's.  Described by Joachim as the "richest and most seductive" of the four works, this emotional, sensual music is Bruch’s most popular composition.