Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3

Album by Johannes Brahms & Igor Oistrakh & Natalia Zertsalova

Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3 is a set of three violin sonatas by Johannes Brahms, composed between 1878 and 1888. Rooted in the Romantic chamber-music tradition, they pair expressive, song-like violin lines with dense pianistic textures, employ intricate counterpoint and expanded harmonic language, and represent a mature phase in Brahms's output as he refined his approach to instrumental dialogue and formal balance.

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  1. 1.
    Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78: I. Vivace ma non troppo
    10:57
  2. 2.
    Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78: II. Adagio
    7:59
  3. 3.
    Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78: III. Allegro molto moderato
    8:48
  4. 4.
    Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100: I. Allegro amabile
    8:50
  5. 5.
    Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100: II. Andante tranquillo
    6:40
  6. 6.
    Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100: III. Allegretto grazioso
    6:10
  7. 7.
    Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108: I. Allegro
    8:31
  8. 8.
    Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108: II. Adagio
    4:40
  9. 9.
    Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108: III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
    3:14
  10. 10.
    Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108: IV. Presto agitato
    6:25

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