Brahms: Violin Concerto Op 77 / Double Concerto

1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) -
"The American violinist Gil Shaham takes on Brahms's two concertos featuring the violin. It is an apt coupling because it celebrates the composer's (occasionally strained) friendship with the great virtuoso Joseph Joachim. The Violin Concerto is one of the classics of the genre, but the Double Concerto is more intriguing, the two instruments working now together and now against each other to rewarding effect." (Gramophone)