Vadim Gluzman - Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 & Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 "Regen" (2017)

One of Johannes Brahms's sunniest works, the Violin Concerto in D major was conceived during the summer of 1878, which Brahms spent by the idyllic Wörthersee in Kärnte, Austria. By the end of the summer he was able to send the violin part of the first movement, and the beginning of the Finale to his friend Joseph Joachim. Brahms asked Joachim for advice regarding the writing for violin, and also told him that he was planning a work in four movements. By the time Joachim gave the first performance of the work, on New Year's Day 1879, the two had discussed the work in depth, Brahms had replaced the two projected inner movements with the glowing Adagio, and Joachim had composed a first version of his own cadenza, which still is the one most often performed. Vadim Gluzman, who on BIS has previously released Romantic war-horses such as the concertos by Tchaikovsky and Bruch to critical acclaim, now takes on Brahms with the support of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester under James Gaffigan. He combines it with the composer's Violin Sonata No. 1, written more or less in tandem with the concerto, performing it with his wife and recital partner Angela Yoffe.

TRACKLIST

01. Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: I. Allegro non troppo (cadenza by J. Joachim)
02. Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio
03. Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
04. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 "Regen": I. Vivace, ma non troppo
05. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 "Regen": II. Adagio
06. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 "Regen": III. Allegro molto moderato
07. Violin Sonata in A Minor, WoO 2 "F-A-E": III. Scherzo in C Minor