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This Brahms album with the internationally acclaimed duo Tasmin Little and Piers Lane will stand as a landmark in their already highly praised discography of romantic chamber music repertoire. Standing amongst the summits of the genre, the three violin sonatas by Brahms, his only ever published ones, are a pure demonstration of radiant effusiveness and romanticism in that they call for great virtuosity as well as empathy from both instruments equally. Although written twenty-five years later, they have their origin in 1853 when Brahms made the acquaintance of the Schumanns and, above all, of the great violinist Joseph Joachim, who would remain one of his closest and most musically influential friends. From the profoundly lyrical Op. 78 and Op. 100 to the more pianistic Op. 108, this recording reveals Brahms at his most intense, poetic, and melodic. Faultless support is delivered by a duo that has now established itself as a major force in romantic repertoire.

1. Crystal Streams in Murmurs Flowing 2. O Dio! Mancar Mi Sento 3. L? Per L'ombrosa Sponda 4. Why Is Death for Ever Late 5. Oh! Do Not, Adam, Exercise on Me Thy Hatred 6. It Comes! It Comes! It Must Be Death! 7. But See, the Night with Silent Pace Steals on 8. O Balmy Sleep! 9. Gracious Heav'n, O Hear Me! 10. Symphony - Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 11. O Thou Bright Sun! 12. With Darkness Deep As Is My Woe 13. Symphony of Soft Musick 14. But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul? 15. Oh That I on Wings Could Rise 16. Soon Arrives Thy Fatal Hour 17. There the Brisk Sparkling Nectar Drain 18. Ye Sacred Priests 19. Farewell, Ye Limpid Springs 20. Will the Sun Forget to Streak