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Brahms: Five Sonatas For Violin & Piano, Vol. 2 / Wallin, Pöntinen
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Brahms: Five Sonatas For Violin & Piano, Vol. 2 / Wallin, Pöntinen

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Details

Composer
BRAHMS, JOHANNES
Artist
Wallin, Roland Pontinen
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Jan 03, 2020
Catalog #
BIS-2419
UPC
7318599924199

About

Ulf Wallin and Roland Pöntinen made their first duo-recording for BIS in 1991 and have released acclaimed recital albums ranging from Schumann and Liszt to Alfred Schnittke, by way of Schoenberg and Hindemith. With the present disc they bring their most recent project to a close: a recording of all the works by Johannes Brahms for violin and piano. These include not only the three well-known and -loved numbered violin sonatas, but also the Scherzo from the so-called F.A.E. Sonata and the composer’s own violin versions of the two sonatas for clarinet and piano. Wallin and Pöntinen open the present release with Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 120, composed in 1894 for clarinet and transcribed for the violin a year later. As the clarinet part extends further down than the lowest note on the violin, Brahms made considerable revisions to the clarinet part, which entailed changes in the piano part, and consequently the printing of a new piano score. This is followed by the second and third violin sonatas, in A major and D minor respectively. Both works were composed during the summer of 1886 in Thun in Switzerland and are clearly related, even though they inhabit completely different expressive worlds.

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro amabile 08:31
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro amabile
    Duration
    08:31
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Ulf Wallin, Roland Pöntinen
  2. 2 II. Allegro appassionato - Sostenuto - Tempo I 05:24
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro appassionato - Sostenuto - Tempo I
    Duration
    05:24
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Ulf Wallin, Roland Pöntinen
  3. 3 III. Andante con moto - Allegro - Più tranquillo 07:30
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Andante con moto - Allegro - Più tranquillo
    Duration
    07:30
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Ulf Wallin, Roland Pöntinen
  4. 4 I. Allegro amabile 08:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro amabile
    Duration
    08:54
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Ulf Wallin, Roland Pöntinen
  5. 5 II. Andante tranquillo - Vivace - Andante 06:43
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante tranquillo - Vivace - Andante
    Duration
    06:43
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Ulf Wallin, Roland Pöntinen
  6. 6 III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andante) 05:21
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andante)
    Duration
    05:21
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Ulf Wallin, Roland Pöntinen
  7. 7 I. Allegro 09:04
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    09:04
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Ulf Wallin, Roland Pöntinen
  8. 8 II. Adagio 04:33
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Ulf Wallin, Roland Pöntinen
  9. 9 III. Un poco presto e con sentimento 03:10
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Ulf Wallin, Roland Pöntinen
  10. 10 IV. Presto agitato 06:03
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Presto agitato
    Duration
    06:03
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Ulf Wallin, Roland Pöntinen