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Brahms: Violin Sonatas / Pike, Poster
Chandos

Brahms: Violin Sonatas / Pike, Poster

$21.99

Details

Composer
BRAHMS SCHUMANN, R. SCHUMANN
Artist
Pike, Poster
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
Apr 30, 2013
Catalog #
CHAN 10762
UPC
095115176221

About

Jennifer Pike was the youngest-ever winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2002. She has given performances throughout the UK and around the world and, now aged twenty-three, is widely regarded as one of the finest violinists in Britain. The pianist Tom Poster who performs alongside her is well known for his artistry and versatility, equally in demand as a soloist and as a chamber musician. This recital features violin sonatas by Brahms and Robert Schumann as well as Three Romances by Clara Schumann. Robert Schumann’s Violin Sonata No. 1 is very much a ‘Duo’, the two instrumentalists performing in equal partnership. It was written in 1851 at quite a stressful time in Schumann’s life. There is certainly an air of robustness, even roughness, in the baroque-style finale. By contrast, in Brahms’s Violin Sonata No. 1, the violin is always the principal voice, the piano never a competitor but rather a subtle accompanist. Brahms wrote the work in memory of his godson Felix Schumann who had died of tuberculosis at the tragically young age of twenty-four. Clara Schumann’s Three Romances was her only work for violin and piano, but whilst the violin is allowed to sing throughout, the complexity of the piano part testifies to its having been composed by a pianist of the first rank.

Reviews

Performance (Brahms) **** (R & C Schumann) ***** Recording *****

“...this is a refreshingly projected performance which boasts an almost ideal fluidity in terms of manipulation of tempo and nuance in the first movement [Brahms]... warm-hearted performances of the Clara Schumann Romances ... the distinction of the performances is never in doubt.”

Erik Levi – BBC Music magazine – May 2013

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 I. Vivace ma non troppo 10:24
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Vivace ma non troppo
    Duration
    10:24
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Jennifer Pike, Tom Poster
  2. 2 II. Adagio 07:33
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    07:33
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Jennifer Pike, Tom Poster
  3. 3 III. Allegro molto moderato 08:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro molto moderato
    Duration
    08:16
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Jennifer Pike, Tom Poster
  4. 4 I. Mit Leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck 07:34
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Mit Leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck
    Duration
    07:34
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jennifer Pike, Tom Poster
  5. 5 II. Allegretto 04:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jennifer Pike, Tom Poster
  6. 6 III. Lebhaft 05:09
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Lebhaft
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Jennifer Pike, Tom Poster
  7. 7 No. 1. Andante molto 03:19
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 1. Andante molto
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Jennifer Pike, Tom Poster
  8. 8 No. 2. Allegretto 03:03
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 2. Allegretto
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Jennifer Pike, Tom Poster
  9. 9 No. 3. Leidenschaftlich schnell 04:49
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 3. Leidenschaftlich schnell
    Duration
    04:49
    Composer
    Clara Schumann
    Performer
    Jennifer Pike, Tom Poster