Brahms: Violin Sonatas 1-3

Augustin Dumay (violin) & Louis Lortie (piano)

Following their critically acclaimed recording of the Franck & Strauss Violin Sonatas for ONYX, Augustin Dumay and Louis Lortie turn now to Brahms. His 3 Sonatas for violin and piano form the most important body of music for this combination after the 10 Beethoven sonatas.

From the reflective melancholy of the G major, to the sunny A major and ending with the grand and passionate D minor work, Brahms’s creative genius pushed the violin sonata form into new territory and reveal Brahms at the height of his powers.

Brahms - Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3:
 No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
 No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
 No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108

 Sonatensatz (Scherzo from the F.A.E. sonata), WoO 2

"Dumay and Lortie bring fresh insights to such well-loved music. Their approach to the G major Sonata is particularly mesmerising...Needless to say, the rest of this beautifully engineered disc abounds in oustanding and musically perceptive playing, a superbly judged mixture of warmth and purity in the A major Sonata, and high-octane urgency"
BBC Music Magazine - January 2015 *****

"I am enthralled by this new recording of warm and deeply felt accounts by Dumay/Lortie."
MusicWeb International - 26th January 2015