Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonatas, Robert Schumann: 3 Romances

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premiera polska: 2015-09-04
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A 19th-century ‘trio sonata’. Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov have already given us an acclaimed version Brahms’s First Violin Sonata, in 2007. They now complete the cycle with the other two sonatas of 1886 and 1888, and add a fascinating rarity dating from 35 years earlier: the ‘F-A-E’ Sonata, a collaborative effort by three composers in honour of the great violinist Joachim, who had to guess who had written which movement! He did so with ease, for the Scherzo is as eminently Brahmsian as the Intermezzo and Finale are Schumannesque. Alexander Melnikov will be contributing his take on a score his mother gave him that belonged to Sviatoslav Richter in September BBC Music Magazine.

CD Review
[a] beautifully balanced performance, and the warmth and intimacy of the recording is an excellent match.

Gramophone Magazine
Enthralling, lovely performances.

The Guardian
Melnikov’s 1875 Bösendorfer piano sounds splendidly grainy, transparent and powerful, often overwhelming Faust’s gut-stringed violin in Brahms’s louder moments, but blending ideally in the elegiac slow movements.

The Observer
The first Brahms sonata recorded by Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov on period instruments made a big impression…Melnikov’s 1875 Bösendorfer piano sounds splendidly grainy, transparent and powerful, often overwhelming Faust’s gut-stringed violin in Brahms’s louder moments, but blending ideally in the elegiac slow movements.

International Classical Music Awards 2016
One of the most interesting duos in many years, Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov explore the richness of two late Brahms sonatas on period instruments and in an historical informed manner. Their most sensible and beautifully balanced sound also enriches the ‘F-A-E’ Sonata, a collaborative effort by three composers in honour of Joseph Joachim.

muzycy:
Isabelle Faust
Alexander Melnikov

wydano: 2015
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