Brahms: Violin Sonatas

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Vonášková-Nováková is most alert to the chambe music subtleties of Brahms's writing. She is particularly good at interacting with the piano and in demarcating moments where she is the soloist... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 2 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 31st Mar 2014
Catalogue No: SU41702
Label: Supraphon
Length: 74 minutes

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

Work length26:38

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Jana Vonášková-Nováková (soloist), Irina Kondratenko (soloist)

I. Vivace ma non troppo

Track length10:45

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II. Adagio

Track length8:05

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III. Allegro molto moderato

Track length7:48

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Dietrich, A: F. A. E. Sonata for Violin and Piano: I. Allegro (Dietrich)

Work length11:20

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Jana Vonášková-Nováková (soloist), Irina Kondratenko (soloist)

Schumann: F. A. E. Sonata for Violin and Piano: II. Romanze (Schumann)

Work length2:48

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Jana Vonášková-Nováková (soloist), Irina Kondratenko (soloist)

Brahms: F. A. E. Sonata for Violin and Piano: III. Scherzo (Brahms)

Work length5:28

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Jana Vonášková-Nováková (soloist), Irina Kondratenko (soloist)

Schumann: F. A. E. Sonata for Violin and Piano: IV. Finale (Schumann)

Work length7:06

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Jana Vonášková-Nováková (soloist), Irina Kondratenko (soloist)

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

Work length21:13

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Jana Vonášková-Nováková (soloist), Irina Kondratenko (soloist)

I. Allegro

Track length8:14

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II. Adagio

Track length4:21

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III. Un poco presto e con sentimento

Track length3:02

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IV. Presto agitato

Track length5:36

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Recorded at the Martínek Studio, Prague, September and October 2013.

Shortly after the release of the complete Brahms piano trios (Smetana Trio, SU40722), Jana Vonášková has returned to the German master, this time in tandem with the brilliant Latvian pianist Irina Kondratenko. In addition to two Brahms violin sonatas, the CD features the F.A.E. Sonata, a work created jointly by Brahms, Schumann and Dietrich as a gift (and a puzzle) for the celebrated violinist Joseph Joachim. Although Brahms’s ebullient Scherzo is generally known, the sonata in its entirety has only rarely been recorded or performed on stages. The letters F.A.E. stand for Joachim’s credo in life: Frei, aber einsam (Free, but lonely), with the respective notes also being the cornerstones of the work’s motivic material. Brahms wrote his mature Sonata No. 1 in G major almost concurrently with his violin concerto.

Sonata No. 3 in D minor already clearly possesses the nature of a concertante piece, placing extreme technical requirements on the performers. Bearing witness to the extraordinary qualities of the violinist Jana Vonášková are her numerous successes (her debut with the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek, victory at the Young Concert Artists Trust in London, Wigmore Hall debut, etc.), as well as acclaimed recordings she has made as a member of the Smetana Trio. For Vonášková, Brahms is above all a heartfelt matter.

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June 2014

Vonášková-Nováková is most alert to the chambe music subtleties of Brahms's writing. She is particularly good at interacting with the piano and in demarcating moments where she is the soloist of the accompanist. It's a pity, however, that her pianist is not quite on the same level.

30th July 2014

This duo is young but already exceptionally experienced, and their ensemble sounds excellent...Op.108 receives an intelligent, thoughtful and occasionally withdrawn reading – in the sense of the character of the music being autumnal.

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