Description
Brahms completed his Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 108 in 1888, culminating several years of work and marking his final contribution to the genre. This Third Sonata, his only one in a minor key, stands in stark contrast to the cheerful and lyrical Sonatas in G major and A major that preceded it. Cast on a grand scale, its four movements are rife with tense drama, technically and musically demanding in equal measure, and crowned by a brilliant finale that Brahms's contemporaries admired for its "tempestuous" character. This revised Urtext edition, based on the recently-published volume within the New Brahms Complete Edition, guarantees the highest degree of scholarly precision. The fingerings, provided by the established chamber duo Frank Peter Zimmermann and Martin Helmchen, are well-thought-out and helpful.
