was on 17 February 1896, in the Liszt-Verein in Leipzig. The soloist was the 23-year-old (Gustav) Alfred Krasselt (3 June 1872 - 27 September 1908), concert master of Munich's Kaim Orchestra (later the Munich Philharmonic). Strauss went on to perform the concerto either as piano accompanist (Dresden 27 November 1902, Birmingham (UK) 10 December 1903 (Max Mossel on violin), Munich 24 June 1910 (Alfred Rose on violin)), or conducting with orchestra (Munich 13 January 1897 (Alfred Krasselt), Birmingham UK 2 December 1904 (Max Mossel), Bonn 7 November 1907). The concerto has been performed only once at the London Proms: on 18 September 1912 at the Queens Hall, with Sir Henry Wood conducting The New Queen's Hall Orchestra with violinist Arthur Catterall. Structure The composition consists of three movements: Recordings The first recording was the 1976 HMV release by Rudolf Kempe and the Staatskapelle Dresden with Ulf Hoelscher on violin, which was remastered and reissued in the Warner Classics 2013 CD. References Concertos by Richard Strauss Strauss 1882 compositions Compositions in D minor Music with dedications