Brahms: The 3 Violin Sonatas

Brahms: The 3 Violin Sonatas (Les 3 Sonates pour violon) (The Violin Sonatas #5) - Following the model of Josef Suk and Julius Katchen, whose recording they regard as the benchmark, Amaury Coeytaux and Geoffroy Couteau offer a version of these masterpieces notable for it's plenitude of sonority, at once intense and reserved in it's expression. To complement the three sonatas, the two artists have added the appealing Scherzo from the "F-A-E" Sonata. It was jointly composed by Schumann, Brahms and Dietrich for their friend, the eminent violinist Joseph Joachim. This youthful piece already contains the seeds of Brahm's fierce yet lyrical poetry.