Max Bruch - Symphony No. 3, Op. 51 (1886)

Max Bruch (6 January 1838 - 2 October 1920) was a German Romantic composer, teacher, and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertoire.
Symphony No. 3 in E major, Op. 51 (1882, rev. 1886)
Dedication: Symphony Society of New York
I. Andante sostenuto. Allegro molto vivace. Adagio (0:00)
II. Adagio. Adagio ma non troppo (10:51)
III. Scherzo. Vivace (19:29)
IV. Finale. Allegro ma non troppo (25:47)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig conducted by Kurt Masur
After the failure of the 2nd Symphony from 1870, Bruch wrote in 1882 his 3rd Symphony. When Bruch was working in the summer of 1882 in Liverpool Leopold Damrosch commissioned a new Symphony to be premiered during the New York Symphony Society's America tour. For this Bruch reworked sketches going back as far as 1870 when he worked in Sondershausen.
He made revisions of the Symphony between 1884 and 1886 and in this form it was published by Breitkopf & Härtel. After the failure of the 2nd Symphony Fritz Simrock rejected the publication of the 3rd, after which Bruch wrote:
„Es ist aber seit 1870 viel Wasser durch den Rhein geflossen; ich habe verschiedene Häute abgeworfen und weil ich damals mit der zweiten Sinfonie einiges Pech gehabt habe, so ist damit nicht gesagt, daß ich jetzt wieder Pech haben muss.“
In the beginning Bruch wanted to name the 3rd "Am Rhein" as it has a thematic relationship with his Opera "The Loreley".

[@kguy152000]

There is something incredibly captivating about this work.

[@ClarinetMate]

13:43 always love how the horn, clarinet and bassoon blend so beautifully together.

[@neilwalsh3977]

Very beautiful textures and quite a bit of viola in the second mvt

[@robertberger4203]

I wish more conductors would do the three Bruch symphonies in concert instead of the same old Brahms symphonies, wonderful as those are . But at least we have the Bruch symphony son recordings .

[@davidgunn3947]

For me I have long considered the three great giants of classical music have to be Max Bruch, Johannes Brahms and Jean Sibelius. The world would be an unfortunate place without them.

[@smartingamerica]

An excellent, solid performance by the Gewandhaus/Leipzig under Masur. Neat how you've activated the progress bar to delineate the movements.

[@carlosmontes6568]

III Scherzo Vivace 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️🎼🎶🎼❤️🎼🎼❤️🎶❤️❤️

[@py8554]

I am tempted to do a google translate: “But a lot of water has flowed through the Rhine since 1870; I've shed various skins and because I had some bad luck with the second symphony at the time, that doesn't mean that I'm unlucky again now. "

[@ingowaethje3012]

Ich kannte von Max Bruch bisher nur sein Violinkonzert g-moll , von dem Brahms sagte, daß er immer wieder aufstehen mußte beim zuhören, um "alte Bekannte" zu grüßen. Diese Symphonie hat mir gefallen!!

[@steveegallo3384]

Ingo Waethje -- But do you think that Brahms LIKE it? I should like that Brahms would have LIKED Bruch, Dvorak.....

[@bartjebartmans]

As affable and easy going Brahms in general was, as baffling and mistaken he could be in some of his judgments. Hans Rott for instance he treated with utmost disrespect and the comment about the Bruch Violin Concerto I always thought strange and at odds with the contents as it is a very strong concerto, not for nothing one of the most popular violin concertos out there.

[@steveegallo3384]

@@bartjebartmans -- Truly, it's probably presumptuous (but still irresistible) for us to try to understand the mind of a towering genius....and yet....we'll always seek clues. It's as if one hemisphere of their brain is like our own...but that Other......

[@bartjebartmans]

If you read the letters of Julius Rontgen you get a close look at some of Brahms' habits and table manners, or the lack thereof... lol. he was a careless eater with food sticking to his beard, liked a good drink, casual talk, a stroll and could be incredibly lazy and cynical and played the piano so loud and noisy that when he acc. young violinist Jan de Graan people complained that the violin playing was beautiful but hard to hear thanks to Brahms' playing. De Graan was a student of Joachim and a child prodigy who was a bit of a sensation. gave his first recital in Crystal Palace, London 13 years old. Unfortunately de Graan died young, 21 year's old and has been completely forgotten, even in the Netherlands. Aren't the fractals of history fascinating?

[@steveegallo3384]

@@bartjebartmans -- Thank you for these details...esoteric to us with no knowledge of our subject! I imagine that Moussorsky would have been an ideal drinking companion for you and me.....Cachaça....Pinga???

[@RollaArtis]

I am familiar with the Scherzo as Bruch made a roll recording of this. If it's of any interest, his tempo is somewhat faster than here.

[@jimmywalsh6701]

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