BRAHMS Violin Sonatas Nos 1-3
Khachatryan siblings with the three Brahms sonatas
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Composer or Director: Johannes Brahms
Genre:
Chamber
Label: Naïve
Magazine Review Date: AW2013
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 75
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: V5314

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer Lusine Khachatryan, Piano Sergey Khachatryan, Violin |
Sonata for Piano No. 2 |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer Lusine Khachatryan, Piano Sergey Khachatryan, Violin |
Sonata for Piano No. 3 |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer Lusine Khachatryan, Piano Sergey Khachatryan, Violin |
Author: Duncan Druce
As interpreters, the Khachatryans are more in the tradition of Egon Petri and Szigeti than that of Serkin and Busch; that is, they feel free to modify the tempo to accommodate changes in texture and mood (whereas Busch and Serkin generally confine themselves to what the composer indicated). Sometimes such modifications seem excessive – for instance in the tranquil parts of Op 100’s Allegro amabile – but they certainly allow projection of the music’s constant expressive changes. Curiously, I felt the più andante in Op 78’s Adagio might have been more marked: this part of the movement seems rather too heavy. But what gives these performances their particular strength is the performers’ ability to project the crucial movements of harmony on which the sense and appeal of Brahms’s music rests. Some tracks – the Adagio of Op 108, by turns serene, passionate and delicate, or the flexible, lyrical account of Op 78’s finale – have hardly been bettered.
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