Brahms: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3

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Kavakos opts for a subtle use of vibrato and a relatively limited dynamic range. His sweet tone is matched by Wang...these performances may seem restrained and almost Classical in outlook. Yet... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 31st Mar 2014
Catalogue No: 4786442
Label: Decca
Length: 76 minutes

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Brahms: Scherzo in C Minor for Violin and Piano (from the F-A-E Sonata)

Work length5:39

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Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yuja Wang (piano)
Recorded: 2013-12-30
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78

Work length27:40

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Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yuja Wang (piano)
Recorded: 2013-12-30
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

I. Vivace ma non troppo

Track length11:11

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II. Adagio

Track length7:56

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III. Allegro molto moderato

Track length8:33

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Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100

Work length19:56

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Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yuja Wang (piano)
Recorded: 2013-12-30
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

I. Allegro amabile

Track length8:28

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II. Andante tranquillo - Vivace - Andante - Vivace di più - Andante vivace

Track length6:04

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III. Allegretto grazioso. Quasi andante

Track length5:24

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Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108

Work length21:40

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Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yuja Wang (piano)
Recorded: 2013-12-30
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

I. Allegro

Track length8:12

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II. Adagio

Track length4:43

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III. Un poco presto e con sentimento

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IV. Presto agitato

Track length5:53

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Brahms: Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby)

Work length1:39

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Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yuja Wang (piano)
Recorded: 2013-12-30
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

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Leonidas Kavakos, the “exceptional violinist” (Daily Mail) follows his spectacular Brahms Violin Concerto recording by teaming up with star pianist Yuja Wang – “a prodigious talent, with an astonishing technique” (The Guardian) for the great Brahms Violin Sonatas

Leonidas Kavakos’s third release for Decca makes a perfect supplement to his acclaimed Brahms Violin Concerto disc with Chailly.

‘It’s a long time since there was a new version of this concerto as good as this.’ Andrew Clements, The Guardian (October 2013).

‘There is a rapier-like cut-and-thrust about this performance that recalls the surging adrenaline-charge of Isaac Stern in full flight, with Kavakos emerging as the swashbuckling hero of the hour, taking all technical obstacles in his stride with soaring abandonment.‘ Julian Haylock, Sinfini (October 2013).

For the three sonatas Kavakos – an exclusive Decca artist – teams up with Wang, a former Gramophone Young Artist of the Year.

Their partnership at the 2013 Verbier Festival was much talked about (and broadcast on Medici) and they will be touring these works in April to major European cities.

The F-A-E Scherzo which Brahms contributed to a composite sonata (along with his friends Schumann and Dietrich) will be added as a bonus.

The three violin sonatas were written for Brahms’s muse in all matters violin, Joseph Joachim, who also gave the premiere of the Violin Concerto and contributed its cadenzas.

Reviews

June 2014

Kavakos opts for a subtle use of vibrato and a relatively limited dynamic range. His sweet tone is matched by Wang...these performances may seem restrained and almost Classical in outlook. Yet this reticence serves to give greater intensity to those few passages...where both players become more expansive in expression.

July 2014

Wang and Kavakos give consistently outstanding performances. Wang has a way of making even the most complex passages beautifully clear. Without over-emphasising turning points in the harmony, she's able to point the music's direction of travel...Kavakos similarly delights in finding an ideal expression for each phrase.

Brahms: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3

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