Composer: Johannes Brahms
Performer: Sergey Ostrovsky, Natalia Morozova
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Aparté
Catalogue: AP356
Release: 2024
Size: 1.13 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78
01. I. Vivace ma non troppo
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Allegro molto moderato
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100
04. I. Allegro amabile
05. II. Andante tranquillo – Vivace
06. III. Allegretto grazioso, quasi andante
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Adagio
09. III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
10. IV. Presto agitato
Bringing together Brahms’ three Sonatas for violin and piano is both an obvious choice and a challenge. Obvious because, as all three come from the composer’s mature works, they share a similarity of inspiration – nature, the voice – and aesthetics; a challenge because each, however, has its own character and expression, the first melancholy, the last dramatic and the second lyrical and exalted. By placing them side by side, Sergey Ostrovsky and Natalia Morozova dive into Brahmsian interiority, all the facets of which the musicians capture with infinite delicacy.