Brahms: The Violin Sonatas

Johannes Brahms (Composer), Peter Serkin (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Peter Serkin
• Composer: Johannes Brahms
• Audio CD (November 10, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B00000DLUJ
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86,162 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sonata No.1 In G Major, Op.78: I: Vivace ma non troppo

2. Sonata No.1 In G Major, Op.78: II: Adagio

3. Sonata No.1 In G Major, Op.78: III: Allegro molto moderato

4. Sonata No.2 In A Major, Op.100: I: Allegro amabile

5. Sonata No.2 In A Major, Op.100: II: Andante tranquillo - Vivace

6. Sonata No.2 In A Major, Op.100: III: Allegretto grazioso (quasi Andante)

7. Sonata No.3 In D Minor, Op.108: I: Allegro

8. Sonata No.3 In D Minor, Op.108: II: Adagio

9. Sonata No.3 In D Minor, Op.108: III: Un poco presto e con sentimento

10. Sonata No.3 In D Minor, Op.108: IV: Presto agitato

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A considerable achievment., May 27, 2000

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Liam Sinclair - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brahms: The Violin Sonatas (Audio CD)

Brahms at the best of times can be difficult to portray adequately-the moods in his music change constantly and surprisingly-added to that most virtuoso violinists these days seem to overcharge everything-I'm particularly thinking of Anne Sophie Mutter's Beethoven that a good performance of this repertoire is not that easy to find-but not here:Pamela Frank and Peter Serkin play these with an incredible emotional warmth and a simplicity that I have not encountered elsewhere. They are also very alive to the great subtlety in this music and they are also very beautifully recorded.In short this is a considerable chamber music recital.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Its good but the Zukerman/Barenboim version is betterer, March 24, 2001

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Benjamin Bolival (The Peninsula of the Bay Area) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brahms: The Violin Sonatas (Audio CD)

If you like comparing different versions of classical pieces grab a copy of this Frank/Serkin version of Brahms' Violin sonatas but if you just want to own one copy of Brahms Violin Sonatas get the Zukerman/Barenboim version (Deutsche Grammophon). Not only does the Zukerman/Barenboim version sound more solid, you get three additional Brahms pieces for the price of one CD.