The Violin Sonatas

Album by Johannes Brahms & Péter Csaba & Jean‐François Heisser

The Violin Sonatas are a set of three sonatas for violin and piano by German composer Johannes Brahms, composed between 1878 and 1888. They blend late-Romantic harmonic richness with classical structural clarity, featuring lyrical and technically demanding violin writing alongside substantial piano parts, and represent a mature phase in Brahms's chamber-music output.
First released: 2004

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Sonata for violin and piano No. 1 in G major, op. 78: I. Vivace ma non troppo
    10:49
  2. 2.
    Sonata for violin and piano No. 1 in G major, op. 78: II. Adagio
    7:48
  3. 3.
    Sonata for violin and piano No. 1 in G major, op. 78: III. Allegro molto moderato
    8:32
  4. 4.
    Sonata for violin and piano No. 2 in A major, op. 100: I. Allegro amabile
    8:31
  5. 5.
    Sonata for violin and piano No. 2 in A major, op. 100: II. Andante tranquillo - Vivace - Andante Vivace di più - Andante - Vivace
    6:27
  6. 6.
    Sonata for violin and piano No. 2 in A major, op. 100: III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andante)
    5:25
  7. 7.
    Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 in D minor, op. 108: I. Allegro
    7:54
  8. 8.
    Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 in D minor, op. 108: II. Adagio
    4:51
  9. 9.
    Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 in D minor, op. 108: III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
    2:50
  10. 10.
    Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 in D minor, op. 108: IV. Presto agitato
    5:57

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