Johannes Brahms
The Piano Trios
Christian Tetzlaff, violin · Tanja Tetzlaff, cello · Lars Vogt, piano
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Track listing
11 tracks · 72:20Listen to samples on selected tracks.
Johannes Brahms
- Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 26:35
- 1 I Vivace ma non troppo 10:47
- 2 II Adagio - Più andante - Adagio 7:22
- 3 III Allegro molto moderato 8:26
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 19:51
- 4 I Allegro amabile 8:02
- 5 II Andante tranquillo - Vivace - Andante - Vivace di più - Andante - Vivace 6:28
- 6 III Allegretto grazioso [quasi andante] 5:21
- Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 20:31
- 7 I Allegro 7:46
- 8 II Adagio 4:19
- 9 III Un poco presto e con sentimento 3:01
- 10 IV Presto agitato 5:25
- 11 Scherzo from F. A. E. Sonata, WoO 2 5:23
About this recording
Award-winning violinist Christian Tetzlaff together with pianist Lars Vogt offer an exciting program of Violin Sonatas by Johannes Brahms (1833–1897). This new release continues a successful series of recordings of violin chamber works by the artist duo.
Johannes Brahms’ Violin Sonatas are among the greatest masterpieces in 19th century chamber music. Brahms wrote these sonatas between 1878 and 1888, at the height of his creative powers. With these powerful works Brahms brought the genre of violin sonatas into a new dimension. Included is also Scherzo movement from the F. A. E. Sonata which Brahms contributed to a composite sonata with Robert Schumann and Albert Dietrich in 1853.
Christian Tetzlaff is considered one of the world’s leading international violinists and maintains a most extensive performing schedule. Musical America named him ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ in 2005 and his recording of the violin concertos by Mendelssohn and Schumann, released on Ondine in 2011 (ODE 1195-2), received the ‘Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik’. Gramophone Magazine was choosing the recording of the Schumann Violin Sonatas with Lars Vogt (ODE 1205-2) as ‘Disc of the Month’ in January 2014. In addition, in 2015 ICMA awarded Christian Tetzlaff as the ‘Artist of the Year’. His most recent recording on Ondine with Brahms’ Trios (ODE 1271-2D) received a GRAMMY nomination.
Lars Vogt was appointed the first ever “Pianist in Residence” by the Berlin Philharmonic in 2003/04 and enjoys a high profile as a soloist and chamber musician. His debut solo recording on Ondine with Bach’s Goldberg Variations (ODE 1273-2) was released in August 2015 and has been a major critical success. The album’s tracks have also been streamed online over 5 million times.
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Press
'superbly satisfying'.
Recording of the Month, Gramophone September 2016
'The performances are agile, airborne, refreshingly unpredictable and alive with exhilarating freedom'.
The Observer, August 14th 2016
The artists
Christian Tetzlaff
Christian Tetzlaff has been one of the most sought-after violinists and exciting musicians on the classical music scene for many years. “The greatest performance of the work I’ve ever heard,” Tim Ashley wrote in the Guardian about his interpretation of the Beethoven Violin Concerto with Daniel Harding. In the Frankfurter Rundschau Hans-Klaus Jungheinrich called it virtually a “rediscovery” of this frequently played work.
Lars Vogt
Born in the German town of Düren in 1970, Lars Vogt came to public attention when he won second prize at the 1990 Leeds International Piano Competition and since then enjoyed a varied career. His versatility as an artist ranged from the core classical repertoire of Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms to the romantics Grieg, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov through to the dazzling Lutoslawski concerto. During his late years Lars Vogt was increasingly working with orchestras both as conductor and directing from the keyboard. His appointment as Music Director of the Royal Northern Sinfonia at the Sage, Gateshead and Orchestre de chambre de Paris reflected this new development in his career.
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Lars Vogt, piano · Christian Tetzlaff, violin
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