The Three Violin Sonatas

Album by Johannes Brahms & Krysia Osostowicz & Susan Tomes

The Three Violin Sonatas is a set of three sonatas for violin and piano by Johannes Brahms, composed between 1878 and 1888. They combine lyrical Romantic melodies with dense piano writing and contrapuntal textures, exemplifying Brahms's mature chamber-music style and his synthesis of classical forms with late-Romantic harmonic language.
First released: August 1991

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Violin Sonata no. 1 in G major, op. 78: Vivace ma non troppo
    10:36
  2. 2.
    Violin Sonata no. 1 in G major, op. 78: Adagio – Più andante – Adagio come I
    8:01
  3. 3.
    Violin Sonata no. 1 in G major, op. 78: Allegro molto moderato – Più moderato
    8:07
  4. 4.
    Violin Sonata no. 2 in A major, op. 100: Allegro amabile
    8:16
  5. 5.
    Violin Sonata no. 2 in A major, op. 100: Andante tranquillo – Vivace – Andante – Vivace di più – Andante – Vivace
    6:25
  6. 6.
    Violin Sonata no. 2 in A major, op. 100: Allegretto grazioso, quasi Andante
    5:02
  7. 7.
    Violin Sonata no. 3 in D minor, op. 108: Allegro
    7:56
  8. 8.
    Violin Sonata no. 3 in D minor, op. 108: Adagio
    4:52
  9. 9.
    Violin Sonata no. 3 in D minor, op. 108: Un poco presto e con sentiment
    2:43
  10. 10.
    Violin Sonata no. 3 in D minor, op. 108: Presto agitato
    5:24

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