Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 (with Score)

Johannes Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano No. 1 in G major (“Regen“), Op. 78 (with Score) Composed: 1878–79 Violin: Itzhak Perlman Piano: Vladimir Ashkenazy 00:00 1. Vivace, ma non troppo (G major) 10:49 2. Adagio (E-flat major) 18:54 3. Allegro molto moderato (G minor – G major) Composed in the high summer of his creative career after the completion of the Symphony No. 1 and the Violin Concerto, Brahms’ Violin Sonata in G major is a gloriously lyrical work with long-breathed melodies rather than terse themes, and expansive extrapolations rather than concise developments. It is also one of Brahms’ most tightly structured and cogently argued works, with a degree of formal integration rare in his works. The dotted rhythm of the opening movement’s first theme dominates the second theme of the central movement and all of the closing movement, and the second theme of the central movement returns in the central section of the closing movement. The sonata is i