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It is not a good idea to combine the Brahms and Joachim concertos, sure they had an interesting relationship, but the concertos are not in the same league and I'm sure many reviewers will take note of this only to dismiss poor Joachim. We've just recorded the 1st and 2nd Joachim concertos, check out the Naxos news area. Yes I wrote earlier about that Jonathan in my blog:
Naxosnews 4: ALL JOACHIM V.C'S RECORDED!!
Published: Mar. 1, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Last modified: Mar. 1, 2008 at 3:30 PM
Naxosnews 4: ALL JOACHIM V.C'S RECORDED!!

After Takako Nishizaki recorded the 3th violinconcerto for Naxos , now the Hannover international competitionwinner Suyoen Kim.
Joachim’s Violin Concertos Recorded in Weim
February 29, 2008

Although he composed relatively little music, the great 19th century violinist Joseph Joachim was an incalculably influential musician, his works firmly rooted in the romantic tradition of his close friend Johannes Brahms.

Joachim's seldom performed violin concertos were recorded for Naxos by the Staatskapelle Weimar under the baton of Michael Halász: Violin Concerto in one movement in G minor, Op. 3 (1855) and Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 11, "Konzert in ungarischer Weise" (1861). The soloist was the talented young Korean violinist Suyoen Kim. Winner of the 2006 International Violin Contest in Hannover, Suyoen Kim is rapidly developing a reputation as one of the finest musicians of her generation.

Sessions took place from 18 to 20 February at the Weimarhalle in Weimar, Germany. The recording was produced, in Surround Sound, by Eckhard Glauche. The engineer was Christian Feldgen.

Naxos is doing a great job instead of other recording companies recording the Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch and Mendelssohn violinconcerto's for the 124th, 135th, 321th and 299th time.
Now this music is available on cd and you can compare those Joachim violinconcerto's with other well known violinconcerto's. We are waiting for the release

I'm glad Tetzlaff has recorded the piece! I hope other top violinists will follow suit and not be afraid to explore the vast sea of wonderful concertos out there. Johnathan, I'm no record producer, but in general you don't want to cater to the bottom element, e.g. a reviewer who'd dis J. due to him being on the same CD with B. Better to have something good for the upper element and let the rest fall where it may. If that can't be done in a certain business then maybe condider a different business :) Hi Jim, I don't worry about a reviewer dismissing Joachim, I worry about someone not knowing of Joachim passing on a recording because of a review comparing the two composers mentioned :-) (and I'm sure the reader knows of the Brahms concerto :-p ) That's what I meant too. I think the best plan usually is to have a vision and create that thing, rather than tailor it to, for example here, a screwy reviewer. On average, influential, powerful people wouldn't write a screwy review of a fine product. If the work is good, they will be pleased. A musical example is say you have an unusual vibrato. If it's part of your good vision, then you benefit from leaving it as is. I don't know if this applies to your field, but I'd expect it to. Or, to try and be clearer, since I can't edit - your focus should be on informed customers and informed critics, and you shouldn't be that concerned about the rest. They'll likely follow anyway. That's the best philosophy, I think.