Arabella Steinbacher, Robert Kulek – Brahms: Complete Works for Violin & Piano (2011) [nativeDSDmusic DSF DSD64/2.82MHz]

Johannes Brahms – Complete Works for Violin & Piano – Arabella Steinbacher, Robert Kulek (2011)
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“Arabella Steinbacher and Robert Kulek approach these timeless scores with a velvet-gloved tenderness and affection that dispels any sense of Brahms being an ‘intellectual’ composer. Steinbacher produces a sensuous sound of beguiling purity that sends Brahms’s rich cantabile lines soaring aloft and receives wonderfully sympathetic support from Kulek…in terms of sheer beauty of sound Steinbacher and Kulek have no rivals.” -Classic FM

“There’s a strongly lyrical impulse in Arabella Steinbacher’s playing which is suited to the intimate character of these Sonatas…Robert Kulek is an admirable duo partner and projects both the richness and clarity of texture in Brahms’s writing through a carefully controlled use of the pedal, responding wit sensitivity to the subtle inflections in Steinbacher’s phrasing. Pentatone’s recording has real presence” -BBC Music Magazine

Tracklist:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 1 in G, Op. 78 (1833-1897)
1 Vivace ma non troppo 11.06
2 Adagio 8.55
3 Allegro molto moderato 9.20
Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 2 in A, Op. 100 (1886)
4 Allegro amabile 8.26
5 Andante tranquillo – Vivace 7.03
6 Allegretto grazioso (quasi Andante) 5.42
Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 (1886-88)
7 Allegro 8.11
8 Adagio 4.53
9 Un poco presto e con sentiment 3.04
10 Presto agitato 5.52
Scherzo from the FAE Sonata in C minor, WoO 2 (1853)
11 Allegro – Trio – Più moderato – In tempo ma marcato 5.50