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This week marks the 183rd birthday anniversary of the great violinist/composer Joseph Joachim. We celebrate with Cedille’s Grammy-nominated recording of Joachim’s colossal Violin Concerto “In the Hungarian Style ” plus the cadenza Joachim wrote for the Brahms Violin Concerto, of which Joachim gave the premiere in 1879.JOSEPH JOACHIM (1831–1907)Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 11 “In the Hungarian Style” (47:15)I. Allegro un poco maestosoII. Romanze: AndanteIII. Finale alla Zingara: Allegro con spiritoFrom Brahms & Joachim Violin ConcertosCedille Records CDR 90000 068 (Disc 1 tracks 1–3)Rachel Barton Pine, violinChicago Symphony OrchestraCarlos Kalmar, conductorJOHANNES BRAHMSViolin Concerto in D major, Op. 77I. Cadenza by Joseph Joachim (5:25)From Brahms & Joachim Violin ConcertosCedille Records CDR 90000 068 (Disc 2 track 2)Rachel Barton Pine, violinChicago Symphony OrchestraCarlos Kalmar, conductor