Scottish Fantasy

Album by Max Bruch & Joshua Bell & Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Scottish Fantasy is a concertante composition for violin and orchestra by German composer Max Bruch, composed in 1880. Rooted in the late Romantic tradition, it merges virtuosic violin writing with folk-inflected melodic material and expansive orchestral colouring, reflecting Bruch's interest in nationalistic and folk sources and forming part of his output for the solo violin.

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  1. 1.
    Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, op. 46: I. Introduction: Grave, Adagio cantabile
    8:50
  2. 2.
    Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, op. 46: II. Scherzo Allegro
    6:32
  3. 3.
    Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, op. 46: III. Andante sostenuto
    6:37
  4. 4.
    Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, op. 46: IV. Finale: Allegro guerriero
    8:38
  5. 5.
    Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26: I. Vorspiel: Allegro moderato
    8:46
  6. 6.
    Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26: II. Adagio
    8:43
  7. 7.
    Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26: III. Finale: Allegro energico
    7:33

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