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After their acclaimed complete recording of Beethoven?s
violin sonatas on Brilliant Classics (BC 94310),
Kristóf Baráti and Klára Würtz turn to the three sonatas
by Johannes...
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After their acclaimed complete recording of Beethoven?s violin
sonatas on Brilliant Classics (BC 94310), Kristóf Baráti and Klára
Würtz turn to the three sonatas by Johannes Brahms, an unique
triptych of perfect works. All three sonatas are among the most
frequently performed works for violin and piano, beloved by
performers and listeners alike; and for all their delightful
variety each sonata builds an impressively architectural unity and
addresses itself to us, personally and collectively, with an almost
metaphysical depth of inquiry and understanding.Today the First
Sonata in G major is considered by many violinists to be one of the
most beautiful sonatas ever written for their instrument, with a
finale in which Brahms seems to stir up the memory of
long-forgotten feelings. The dialogue between a recurring theme on
the violin and an undercurrent of semiquavers in the piano, like
raindrops, derives from the Regenlied, Op.59 No.3, (?Rainsong?)
which Brahms had composed six years earlier to words by Klaus
Groth: ?Pour, rain, pour down / Awaken again in me those dreams /
That I dreamt in childhood?. Brahms?s friend Billroth wrote to the
composer about the Second, ?The whole sonata has immense grace and
kindness, a lovely child, so dear and charming!? Brahms wrote his
Third Violin Sonata in the same year as the Second but for some
reason he withheld it, perhaps himself taken aback by its violent
emotional and dynamic range to which Baráti and Würtz do full
dramatic justice.Other information:- Recorded in 2013.- The three
violin sonatas of Brahms are core repertoire for every violinist.
Each a masterwork in its genre it offers vintage Brahms: lyrical,
mellifluous melodic lines, sumptuous harmonics, instrumental
richness and that unmistakable Brahmsian mixture of passion,
melancholy and intimacy.- A deeply musical performance by two
Hungarians: Kristóf Baráti and Klára Würtz, who already received
rave reviews for their recording of the complete violin sonatas by
Beethoven (BC 94310): ?reference recording? (the leading German
daily newspaper), 5 Stars (Diapason), ?Amazing..once you?ve heard
Baráti and Würtz you?ll never listen to anyone else again?
(Fanfare), ?Truly exceptional..dazzling range of bow strokes and
ear-ringing intonations?deeply compelling emotional narratives?a
highly distinguished release? (The Strad on Baráti?s Ysaye
recording, BC 94678).- Recorded in the spectacular acoustics of the
new Concert Hall in Pécs, Hungary.- ?Lest I also be guilty of
ignoring Baráti?s partner in these miraculous performances, let me
say that pianist Klára Würtz is every bit as amazing a player as
Baráti. Her interplay with him and the violin part is as attentive
and attention-grabbing as I?ve ever heard? (Fanfare).