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•	Trios

Brahms : Violin Sonatas 1-3

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Manufacturer: EMI Classics
Category: Digital Music Album

Buy New: $5.99

Rating:

9 reviews
Sales Rank: 838

Genre: stringed-instruments
Media: MP3 Download
Running Time: 0 Minutes

ASIN: B000TGXMPU

Publication Date: April 7, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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3 out of 5 stars

Be prepared for an intense performance November 28, 2008
What4 (Florida)
Intelligent, passionate, flawless, engaging -- yes. It is hard to fault a performance that gives so much, yet there is something to pause over.

This performance never lets up on its intensity, even when you might expect the music to become expansive and receptive. S-M's vibrato remains tight even in the slow passages. Every phrase feels so authoritatively pronounced that it seems almost attacked as much as played.

Every note is crafted and filled with passionate intensity. Yet I would have liked to feel that they were letting the music come through them (there is a lot to come through), rather than working so hard to push the music toward us.

If you like to be engaged by the intense personalities of performers, where you frequently notice the interpretation, you will probably like this performance.

For a performance in which the musicians appear to be more moved than moving, try the one by Perlman and Ashkenazy.

5 out of 5 stars

nimble,uncluttered approach. June 5, 2006
Brian Gomberg (New York)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

a few side by side comparisons of the delightfully impish Scherzo of Sonata NO.3 reveal this partership to be the most nimble and closest to the spirit of the score (marked Presto,though you'd never believe it from Stern,Perlman etc.)
Weissenberg is no slouch,as he has shown from his incredible DG recording of Bach's Italian Concerto and no doubt he had some say in the tempo.

4 out of 5 stars

NOT BAD! May 8, 2002
3 out of 9 found this review helpful

This is a great buy for your money...the recording is clear and Anne Sophie-Mutter easily handles the somewhat tricky violin work. Brahms was never really known for his violin sonatas but this is some of his best composing next to his third symphony, if you liked Vivaldi"s "Manchester Sonatas" you will like this also.

5 out of 5 stars

no one plays brahms like... May 7, 2001
towanda (new york)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful

A-SM. what i love about A-SM is that when you puchase one of her recordings, you know that you're guaranteed to get at least the basics: flawless technique and intonation, amazingly rich, lush sound, beautiful vibrato, etc...but what you can also always count on is her unflagging musicality and musical intelligence. her music always says SOMETHING (even if, god forbid, you don't really care for what she says). apply all of this to the brahms sonatas, and what you get is pure magic. it certainly helps that she is so at home with the music (brahms always seems to fit her like second skin -- her recent recording of the brahms concerto is everything you could ever expect or want of a brahms piece). the only complaint i might have about this cd is that weissenberg seems to have been miked from quite a distance. the violin sings and soars over and beyond the piano, the result being a work for violin with piano accompaniment as opposed to chamber music between the violin and piano. this is unfortunate, as weissenberg's playing is exquisite here. having said that much, this is by far the best recording of the brahms' violin and piano sonatas i've heard.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Traditional Brahms January 6, 2001
Eugene Kasper (Annandale, MN USA)
3 out of 8 found this review helpful

This is a full DDD CD - excellent quality. Anne-Sophie Mutter is a delight. This CD is an excellent value for anyone who enjoys classical music. A definite buy.

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