‘Such a well-established and often inspirational musical partnership
that I inevitably had high hopes for their Brahms sonatas, and I’m so
happy to report that they were in no way disappointed. Right from the
start (the first movement of the G major sonata), there’s a confessional
intimacy that allows them to steadily build over the entire ten minute
span of the first movement to a properly ecstatic conclusion rarely
achieved as well as it is here. No extreme tempos, an unerring sense of
give and take—you might be surprised how many estimable players don’t
seem to know when to allow the other party to take the limelight. The
climaxes are telling, without hectoring. They allow the music to speak
eloquently, conversationally, surprisingly gently sometimes, and the
recording is as well balanced as the playing. I have a handful of
favourite recordings of the Brahms violin sonatas that will now have to
shuffle up to make space for this one.’ (BBC Record Review)
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