Artist: Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov
Album: Brahms, Schumann & Dietrich: Violin Sonatas
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2015
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:17:49
Total Tracks: 14
Total Size: 1,29 GB

Tracklist:

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
01. Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: I. Allegro
02. Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: II. Adagio
03. Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
04. Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: IV. Presto agitato

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
05. Three Romances, Op. 94: I. Nicht schnell
06. Three Romances, Op. 94: II. Einfach, innig
07. Three Romances, Op. 94: III. Nicht schnell

Johannes Brahms
08. Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100: I. Allegro amabile
09. Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100: II. Andante tranquillo-Vivace
10. Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100: III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi Andante)

Albert Dietrich (1829-1908)
11. F.A.E. Sonata [“Frei aber einsam”-Joseph Joachim gewidmet]: I. Allegro
12. F.A.E. Sonata [“Frei aber einsam”-Joseph Joachim gewidmet]: II. Intermezzo “Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell”
13. F.A.E. Sonata [“Frei aber einsam”-Joseph Joachim gewidmet]: III. Allegro
14. F.A.E. Sonata [“Frei aber einsam”-Joseph Joachim gewidmet]: IV. Finale “Markiertes, ziemlich lebhaftes Tempo”

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A 19th-century ‘trio sonata’. Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov have already given us an acclaimed version Brahms’s First Violin Sonata, in 2007. They now complete the cycle with the other two sonatas of 1886 and 1888, and add a fascinating rarity dating from 35 years earlier: the ‘F-A-E’ Sonata, a collaborative effort by three composers in honour of the great violinist Joachim, who had to guess who had written which movement! He did so with ease, for the Scherzo is as eminently Brahmsian as the Intermezzo and Finale are Schumannesque. Alexander Melnikov will be contributing his take on a score his mother gave him that belonged to Sviatoslav Richter in September BBC Music Magazine.