Johannes Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108 - I. Allegro

Johannes Brahms Violinsonaten Sonate Nr. 1 G-Dur op. 78 Sonate Nr. 2 A-Dur op. 100 Sonate Nr. 3 d-Moll op. 108 moderntimes_1800 Ilia Korol, violin (Cai von Stietencron, 1999) Natalia Grigorieva, fortepiano (Streicher, 1870) Challenge Classics, 2007 CC 72194 0608917219425 Articulation and Balance in this recording were developed from the way the instruments were handled. Ilia Korol plays a violin of Cai von Stietencron in the traditional style of Cremona, Italy; however, it features ’modernisations’ of the kind that were usual in the period of Brahms. In Other Words the neck, bass-bar, finger board and bridge were altered to achieve a more brilliant, powerful tone. But in Vienna gut strings were still being used; this recording follows suit. Natalia Grigorieva plays a Streicher grand Piano of 1870, one which is probably very close to the instrument that in 1868 Brahms received as a present fr