The 3 Violin Sonatas

Album by Johannes Brahms & Itzhak Perlman & Daniel Barenboim

The Three Violin Sonatas is a set of three sonatas for violin and piano by Johannes Brahms, composed between 1878 and 1888. The works exemplify Brahms's late-Romantic chamber music, combining lyrical violin lines with dense, pianistic textures and classical structural rigour, and they occupy a mature position in his career as important examples of his chamber repertoire.
First released: 1990

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Violin Sonata no. 1 in G major, op. 78: I. Vivace ma non troppo
    10:29
  2. 2.
    Violin Sonata no. 1 in G major, op. 78: II. Adagio
    7:27
  3. 3.
    Violin Sonata no. 1 in G major, op. 78: III. Allegro molto moderato
    8:11
  4. 4.
    Violin Sonata no. 2 in A major, op. 100: I. Allegro amabile
    7:49
  5. 5.
    Violin Sonata no. 2 in A major, op. 100: II. Andante tranquillo - Vivace - Andante - Vivace di più - Andante - Vivace
    6:13
  6. 6.
    Violin Sonata no. 2 in A major, op. 100: III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi Andante)
    5:00
  7. 7.
    Violin Sonata no. 3 in D minor, op. 108: I. Allegro
    7:23
  8. 8.
    Violin Sonata no. 3 in D minor, op. 108: II. Adagio
    4:42
  9. 9.
    Violin Sonata no. 3 in D minor, op. 108: III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
    2:48
  10. 10.
    Violin Sonata no. 3 in D minor, op. 108: IV. Presto agitato
    5:46

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