German Romanticism in the 19th century was based on an almost mystical conception of art as a path to transcendent worlds of the imagination, created by the artist’s authentic expression of personal experience and emotion. Music became the quintessential Romantic art, and even Brahms’ classicizing take on the concerto – itself a prime Romantic vehicle in its opposition of individual and social efforts – is an exemplar of the indefinable range of the period and style.

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Two good friends, both musical dynamos, in one of the greatest violin concertos ever written.