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Brahms: Sonatas for viola & piano

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Details

Composer
Johannes Brahms
Artist
Luca Ranieri, Andrea Trovato
Format
CD
Label
Urania Records
Released
Jan 30, 2026
Catalog #
LDV14133
UPC
8051773578335

About

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.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro appassionato 07:55
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro appassionato
    Duration
    07:55
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Luca Ranieri, Andrea Trovato
  2. 2 II. Andante un poco adagio 04:44
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante un poco adagio
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Luca Ranieri, Andrea Trovato
  3. 3 III. Allegretto grazioso 04:17
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegretto grazioso
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Luca Ranieri, Andrea Trovato
  4. 4 IV. Vivace 05:26
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Vivace
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Luca Ranieri, Andrea Trovato
  5. 5 I. Allegro amabile 08:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro amabile
    Duration
    08:22
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Luca Ranieri, Andrea Trovato
  6. 6 II. Allegro appassionato 05:16
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allegro appassionato
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Luca Ranieri, Andrea Trovato
  7. 7 III. Andante con moto - Allegro 07:24
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Andante con moto - Allegro
    Duration
    07:24
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Luca Ranieri, Andrea Trovato
  8. 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) 05:51
    Track
    8
    Title
    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)
    Duration
    05:51
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Luca Ranieri, Andrea Trovato