Brahms: Violin Concerto & Sonata No. 1-Vadim Gluzman

One of Johannes Brahms' sunniest works, the Violin Concerto in D major, was composed in the summer of 1878, which Brahms spent on the idyllic shores of Lake Wörthersee in Carinthia, Austria. By the end of the summer, he had managed to send the first part of the violin part and the beginning of the finale to his friend Joseph Joachim. Brahms asked Joachim for advice on writing for the violin and also told him that he was planning a four-part work. By the time Joachim premiered the work on New Year's Day 1879, they had discussed the work in depth, Brahms had replaced two projected inner movements with a glowing adagio, and Joachim had composed the first version of his own cadenza, which is still the most frequently performed.