Sonata no. 1, 2, 3 for violin and piano / Trio For Horn, violin, piano

Album by Johannes Brahms & Paul Makanowitzky & Noël Lee & Pierre del Vescovo

This collection of chamber works by Johannes Brahms brings together his three violin sonatas and the Horn Trio, composed between 1865 and 1888. The pieces exemplify Brahms's late Romantic chamber style, featuring lyrical violin writing, dense harmonic textures and contrapuntal interplay with piano and horn, and they mark important stages in his development from early Romantic influences toward a more mature, classical-inflected formal clarity.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Sonata no. 1 for Violin and Piano in G major, op. 78: I. Vivace ma non troppo
    9:49
  2. 2.
    Sonata no. 1 for Violin and Piano in G major, op. 78: II. Adagio
    7:44
  3. 3.
    Sonata no. 1 for Violin and Piano in G major, op. 78: III. Allegro molto moderato
    7:18
  4. 4.
    Sonata no. 2 for Violin and Piano in A major, op. 100: I. Allegro amabile
    7:13
  5. 5.
    Sonata no. 2 for Violin and Piano in A major, op. 100: II. Andante tranquillo – Vivace di più
    5:52
  6. 6.
    Sonata no. 2 for Violin and Piano in A major, op. 100: III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi Andante)
    4:38

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Sonata no. 3 for Violin and Piano in D minor, op. 108: I. Allegro
    6:51
  2. 3.
    Sonata no. 3 for Violin and Piano in D minor, op. 108: II. Adagio
    4:06
  3. 4.
    Sonata no. 3 for Violin and Piano in D minor, op. 108: III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
    2:29
  4. 5.
    Sonata no. 3 for Violin and Piano in D minor, op. 108: IV. Presto agitato
    5:05
  5. 6.
    Trio in E-flat, op. 40: I. Andante
    7:34
  6. 7.
    Trio in E-flat, op. 40: II. Scherzo: Allegro
    6:39
  7. 8.
    Trio in E-flat, op. 40: III. Adagio mesto
    6:02
  8. 9.
    Trio in E-flat, op. 40: IV. Finale: Allegro con brio
    4:16

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