This Brahms album with the internationally acclaimed duo Tasmin Little and Piers Lane will stand as a landmark in their already highly praised discography of romantic chamber music repertoire. Standing amongst the summits of the genre, the three violin sonatas by Brahms, his only ever published ones, are a pure demonstration of radiant effusiveness and romanticism in that they call for great virtuosity as well as empathy from both instruments equally. Although written twenty-five years later, they have their origin in 1853 when Brahms made the acquaintance of the Schumanns and, above all, of the great violinist Joseph Joachim, who would remain one of his closest and most musically influential friends. From the profoundly lyrical Op. 78 and Op. 100 to the more pianistic Op. 108, this recording reveals Brahms at his most intense, poetic, and melodic. Faultless support is delivered by a duo that has now established itself as a major force in romantic repertoire.

Tracklist:

Susanna, Hwv 66: Crystal Streams In Murmurs Flowing
L'adriano: O Dio! Mancar Mi Sento
Il Trionfo Di Camilla: Là Per L'ombrosa Sponda
Artaxerxes: Why Is Death For Ever Late
Paradise Lost: Oh! Do Not, Adam, Exercise On Me Thy Hatred
Paradise Lost: It Comes! It Comes! It Must Be Death!
Rebecca: But See, The Night With Silent Pace Steals On
Rebecca: O Balmy Sleep!
Alfred: Gracious Heav'n, O Hear Me! (Revised Version, 1753)
Theodora, Hwv 68: Symphony
Theodora, Hwv 68: O Thou Bright Sun!
Theodora, Hwv 68: With Darkness Deep As Is My Woe
Theodora, Hwv 68: Symphony Of Soft Musick
Theodora, Hwv 68: But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul?
Theodora, Hwv 68: Oh That I On Wings Could Rise
Telemachus: Soon Arrives Thy Fatal Hour
The Choice Of Hercules, Hwv 69: There The Brisk Sparkling Nectar Drain
Jephtha, Hwv 70: Ye Sacred Priests
Jephtha, Hwv 70: Farewell, Ye Limpid Springs
Solomon, Hwv 67: Will The Sun Forget To Streak

UPC: 095115040324
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 3.16.18
Format: CD

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