[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 30 August 2019
Matchless accounts of Brahms at his most lyrically reflective, plus a benedictory encore by Clara Schumann: this is another outstanding release from today's pre-eminent violin and piano partnership.
Violin Sonata No 1 in G major Op 78 [27'21]
1 Vivace ma non troppo [10'40]
2 Adagio - Più andante - Adagio come I [8'06]
3 Allegro molto moderato - Più moderato [8'35]
Violin Sonata No 2 in A major Op 100 [18'55]
4 Allegro amabile [8'08]
5 Andante tranquillo - Vivace - Andante - Vivace di più - Andante - Vivace [5'35]
6 Allegretto grazioso, quasi Andante [5'12]
Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108 [21'13]
7 Allegro [8'29]
8 Adagio [4'13]
9 Un poco presto e con sentimento [2'58]
10 Presto agitato [5'33]
CLARA SCHUMANN
11 Andante molto [3'32]
(No 1 of Three Romances, Op 22)