Sonatas for Viola; Fairy Tale Pictures

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Label
Gramola Records
Release Date
May 15, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann
    • PERFORMER
      Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 15, 2026
    • UPC
      9003643993747
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      GRAM99374
    • LABEL
      Gramola Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro appassionato

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick

    2. II. Andante un poco adagio

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick

    3. III. Allegretto grazioso

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick

    4. IV. Vivace

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick

    5. I. Allegro amabile

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick

    6. II. Allegro appassionato

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick

    7. III. Andante con moto

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick

    8. I. Nicht schnell

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick

    9. II. Lebhaft

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick

    10. III. Rasch

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick

    11. IV. Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Michael Korstick


If you happen to come to Frankfurt, especially in the first half of winter, please let me know. I would also come, either inviting Muhlfeld or bringing a viola part - for two clarinet sonatas that I would like Mrs. Schumann to hear. The unpretentious pieces would not disturb our comfort - but it would be nice! This is what the 61-year-old Johannes Brahms wrote to his friend, the violin virtuoso Joseph Joachim, on October 14, 1894. Even this brief note indicates the composer's early intention to have his two sonatas, Op. 120, performed alternatively by a wind instrument or the viola. Proving that these works are much more than 'unpretentious', Salzburg violinist and violist Thomas Albertus Irnberger, together with his long-standing piano partner Michael Korstick present a late new focus of Brahms's. The subsequent "Marchenbilder", Op. 113, by Robert Schumann mark another pinnacle of the viola-piano repertoire.