Whenever the topic of violin sonatas arises, there is no escaping discussion of the three big works in this form by Brahms. Indeed, it is arguable, at least, that these three – in G major, A major and ...

One advantage of programming an entire recital with a single composer is that it lessens the pressure to make any single piece a summary portrait. At the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on Sunday, ...

It was Schumann's idea that he, Brahms and Albert Dietrich should collaborate on violin sonata for the great violinist Joseph Joachim. The result remained unpublished until 1935, and only Brahms's ...

Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien turn to Brahms. Plus, Schumann’s annus mirabilis with Simon Wallfisch and Edward Rushton With the chill of approaching autumn descending, it seems an appropriate ...

WITH the best will in the world, I wonder how this disc will fare. The performers are peerless: violinist Isabelle Faust and pianist Alexander Melnikov already have two stunning releases in their ...

It's Christmas Eve and we are going to go celebrate being young and being alive.

Legendary Korean violinist Chung Kyung-wha will hold a series of concerts in September with pianist Kevin Kenner featuring the complete Brahms violin sonatas. The duo of many years will present three ...

The fruitful artistic partnership that the British violinist Jack Liebeck has forged with Moscow-born pianist Katya Apekisheva has already fuelled an outstanding disc of Prokofiev, Ysaÿe, Chausson and ...

Anthony Marwood (violin), Aleksandar Madzar (piano)Wigmore Hall Live WHLive 0050 **** Brahms's three violin sonatas present a fuller picture of the composer than either his three piano sonatas or ...