The earliest known appearance of the phrase ‘one-hit wonder’ was in a New York newspaper in 1914. Remarkably, the German Romantic composer Max Bruch was still alive at this time – and although it seems unlikely that he was familiar with the term, it is tempting to apply it to Bruch himself, courtesy of the work that opens his disc. Bruch came in later years to curse the astonishing success and popularity of his First Violin Concerto, completed when he was just 28 years old: none of his considerable later output was to come anywhere near its fame, and he remains principally known to music-lovers today because of this very same piece.
1. Hans Christian Aavik, Odense Symphony Orchestra & Gemma New – Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26: Vorspiel. Allegro moderato |
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