Roth Linus/jose Gallardo - Brahms: Violin Sonatas [CD]

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The three Violin Sonatas of Johannes Brahms are performed by a pair of rising stars of the international scene. Sponsored by Anne Sophie Mutter and her foundation as a student, violinist Linus Roth is now an award-winning soloist, whilst pianist Jos\xe9 Gallardo appears regularly at major festivals around the world. \r
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In 1992 violinist Linus Roth won First Prize at the German \u201cYoung Musician\u201d competition\u201d. Later, whilst studying at the Music Academies of Zurich and Munich he received regular support from Anne-Sophie Mutter and her Foundation. In 2006 he received the Echo Klassik Award of the German Phonoacademy as \u201cBest Newcomer\u201d for his debut CD of sonatas by Brahms, Debussy, Ysa\xffe and Mendelssohn, which was released on EMI Classics. Jos\xe9 Gallardo has won many national and international awards and has appeared at many international festivals including the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival, the Asiago Festival in Italy, the Schwetzingen Festival, and the Rheingau Music Festival. In 2009 Roth and Gallardo released a highly-praised account of Schumann\u2019s Violin Sonatas on Challenge (CC72341). \r
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Like the music of his Second Symphony, Brahms\u2019 First Violin Sonata clearly reflects feelings of wellbeing with its lilting melodies and heartfelt middle movement. As with all three sonatas the violin dominates, but frequently leaves the lower sonorities and harmonics to the piano accompaniment. The mood of the Second Sonata there is also tender and warm, but the thematic structure is more concise, with textural references to three songs Brahms composed during that same period: Komm bald, Wie Melodien zieht es mir and Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer. The Third and last Violin Sonata was written in 1887 and was inspired by the breathtaking scenery surrounding Thun. Unlike the previous two sonatas it has four movements and is symphonic in scale.\r
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Personnel: Linus Roth (violin), Jos\xe9 Gallardo (piano)

Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78, I. Vivace ma non troppo

II. Adagio - Pi\xf9 andante - Adagio

III. Allegro molto moderato

Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100, I. Allegro amabile

II. Andante tranquillo - Vivace

III. Allegretto

Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108, I. Allegro

II. Adagio

III. Un poco presto e con sentimento

IV. Presto agitato

Scherzo in C minor, WoO posth.2