Bruch- Concerto NO.1/Scottish Fantasy

Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 5; Adagio for Violin & Orchestra Cho-Liang Lin's combination of understated virtuosity and solid musicality is perfect for Mozart. Lin's stylish accounts of these concertos are superbly wrought, and show remarkable insight and grace for one so young. Raymond Leppard and the English Chamber Orchestra back their s...	Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Op35; Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Op77	Sibelius, Nielsen: Violin Concertos	Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, K.364/Concertone, K.190 For sheer energy and exuberance--to say nothing of the warmth they project in this performance and the elegance that marks their playing throughout--Cho-Liang Lin and Jaime Laredo have an unusually close and solid partnership. Because both are such strong, outgoing musicians, the...	Stravinsky; Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Cho-Liang Lin's performances of these two attractive violin concertos have been almost unanimously praised since they first came out (nothing in the classical music business is completely unanimous!), and the Stravinsky coupling makes this disc an excellent value for the money. T...
Bruch: The Complete Violin Concertos	Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance Marches; Enigma Variations; Cockaigne Overture Sir Adrian Boult's recording of the Enigma Variations with the London Symphony was made when both he and the orchestra were at their peak. It reflects an extraordinary blend of spontaneity and the grand manner, and shows great insight into the score. Smooth, flowing, and majesti...	Mendelssohn/Brahms: Violin Concertos	Saint-Saëns: Concertos	Franck - Sonata for violin and piano · Debussy - Sonatas · Ravel - Introduction and Allegro / Chung · Lupu · Ellis · Melos Ensemble Radu Lupu recorded batches of Mozart and Schubert violin sonatas with the great violinist Szymon Goldberg (regrettably unavailable at present, but watch for them). This seems to be his only other recording of violin sonatas with someone else. Kyung Wha Chung is a powerful virtuos...

More than a little of a One-Hit-Wonder
I know very little about Max Bruch. By no means a great composer, he did produce at least a few pieces that are quite passionate and soulful: The Violin Concerto and the "Kol Nidrei" for Cello and Orchestra. The Violin Concerto is quite remarkable in its abundance of Romantic expresion-it is very youthful, fresh and the melodies are very attractive. The Scottish Fantasy is another lesser known work that is very fine and catchy and captures the folk elements of Scotland. Cho-Liang Lin's violin has wonderful tone and personality. Comparisons for the Violin Concerto: Stern/Ormandy; Hiefitz P.S. Also see Bruch's "Kol Nidrei" for Cello and Orchestra.

A favorite
I own two different recordings of Bruch's Concerto No. 1 and Scottish Fantasy. Of the two, Cho-Lian Lin's performance is my favorite. I can only describe it by relying on visual descriptors - clarity and brightness. A performance with emotional range, despite its delicate sweetness.

The Definitive Recording
The Concerto and the Scottish Fantasy are two of the great works for violin, and this is the best recording, no contest. This album is up there with the greatest violin recordings ever.

Simply divine! The best there will ever be!
I plucked this CD from the shelf just because the Scottish Fantasy is one of my perennial favorites. I was expecting a performance on a level reached by other violinists like chung, pearlman, and midori. Until now, I have frankly never heard of Lin. I will never forget him. Lin's music is just hard to describe. How does one verbalize sounds that seemingly come from the heavens! Just listen to the crescendo that closes the first movement and you will know the artist. No mere mortal has delivered a line with such a light, silvery and glorious touch! I'm definitely enraptured.

A wonderful performance
[....] I have this disc as well as Mutter's 1981 disc. Mutter's performance sounds quite mechanical compared to Lin's. Both disc are digital recording, but to my ears, this one is a clear winner.