Brahms: Sonatas Op. 78 & 12 arranged for cello

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Label
Nimbus
Release Date
February 7, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BRAHMS, JOHANNES
    • PERFORMER
      Wallfisch, York
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 07, 2020
    • UPC
      0710357597428
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      NI5974
    • LABEL
      Nimbus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro amabile

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, John York

    2. II. Allegro appassionato

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, John York

    3. III. Andante con moto - Allegro

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, John York

    4. I. Vivace ma non troppo

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, John York

    5. II. Adagio

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, John York

    6. III. Allegro molto moderato

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, John York

    7. I. Allegro appassionato

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, John York

    8. II. Andante un poco adagio

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, John York

    9. III. Allegretto grazioso

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, John York

    10. IV. Vivace

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Raphael Wallfisch, John York


Cellists are fortunate indeed to have their two Brahms sonatas, both masterpieces in their genre. So one can, and certainly will, ask why we need or indeed dare to 'borrow' the G major violin sonata and the two clarinet sonatas and thereby make our two into five. Questions that arise: Are we just attempting to reproduce the original work with the necessary pitch and register changes? Can this be an opportunity to give another significance, even a second parallel existence, to a beloved work of art? The answer to the first question must be 'no', because such a treatment would simply be arrogant and pointless. To the second, I hope, listeners can agree that the two clarinet sonatas and the G major violin sonata lose nothing in these 'translations' and even gain a great deal of new and perhaps unexpected depth and character.