Brahms - Sonata in D Minor, Op. 108 - Violin and Piano

A pioneering Urtext edition With an unmarked Urtext part With a second part including fingering and bowing based on the practices of Joseph Joachim and other contemporaries of Brahms With an extensive Performance Practice Commentary For further information on Romantic performance practice we recommend: “Performance Practices in Johannes Brahms‘ Chamber Music”, text booklet, BA 9600 Brahms composed his “Violin Sonata in D minor” during the summer of 1886. The work quickly became part of the standard repertoire and has remained so until today. It is presented here in a fine Bärenreiter Urtext edition and comes with an unmarked Urtext part as well as a second part marked with fingering and bowing by Clive Brown which are based on the practices of Brahms‘ contemporaries.An important part of this editions is the extensive preface. Firstly it informs about the works‘ origins, its compositional process, pre-publication performances, its publication history as well as early reception. Truly