Brahms: Sonatas for viola & piano

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Label
Urania Records
Release Date
January 30, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johannes Brahms
    • PERFORMER
      Luca Ranieri, Andrea Trovato
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 30, 2026
    • UPC
      8051773578335
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      LDV14133
    • LABEL
      Urania Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro appassionato

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Luca Ranieri, Andrea Trovato

    2. II. Andante un poco adagio

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Luca Ranieri, Andrea Trovato

    3. III. Allegretto grazioso

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Luca Ranieri, Andrea Trovato

    4. IV. Vivace

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Luca Ranieri, Andrea Trovato

    5. I. Allegro amabile

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Luca Ranieri, Andrea Trovato

    6. II. Allegro appassionato

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Luca Ranieri, Andrea Trovato

    7. III. Andante con moto - Allegro

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Luca Ranieri, Andrea Trovato

    8. Violin Sonata in A Minor, "F-A-E": III. Scherzo in C Minor, WoO 2 (arr. L. Ranieri and K. Stierhof for viola and piano)

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Luca Ranieri, Andrea Trovato


Among the few Brahmsian chamber pieces that also include wind instruments are the two Sonatas for clarinet and piano op. 120. In these works, however, there is an optionality between clarinet and viola, and in today's concert scene, it is almost more common to hear them in the viola than in the clarinet version. The 'Scherzo' from the F.A.E. Sonata was part of a Sonata for violin and piano composed as a collective homage to Joachim by Albert Dietrich (author of the first movement), Robert Schumann (Intermezzo and Finale) and Brahms (Scherzo). The abbreviation F. A. E. refers to Joachim's personal motto frei, aber einsam (free, but alone), but also corresponds to three musical notes and the motif thus derived is naturally used as a theme in various parts of the Sonata.