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Johannes Brahms

F-A-E Sonata

The F-A-E Sonata, a four-movement work for violin and piano, is a collaborative musical work by three composers: Robert Schumann, the young Johannes Brahms, and Schumann's pupil Albert Dietrich. It

Recordings#

Recordings of the sonata on period instruments includes the following ones: * Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov. Albert Dietrich, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms. Violin Sonatas Op. 100 & 108, F.A.E. Sonata. Label: Harmonia Mundi. * Lisa Marie Landgraf, Tobias Koch. Albert Dietrich, Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Joseph Joachim, Ferdinand David. Complete Works for Violin and Pianoforte. Label: Genuin. * Sergiu Luca, Brian Connelly. Felix Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Albert Dietrich, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms. Die romantische Violine. Label: Paladino Music. * Annemarie Astrom, Terhi Dostal. Albert Dietrich, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms. F.A.E. Sonata, Two Sonatas Op. 120. Label: NCA. * Gudrun Schaumann, Wolfgang Brunner. Clara Schumann, Albert Dietrich, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Carl Reinecke, Theodor Kirchner. Circle of Robert Schumann 2. Label: Capriccio. Dietrich’s Allegro and Brahms’s Scherzo only * Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Edoardo Torbianelli. Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms. Werke für Violine und Klavier. Label: Gramola. Schumann’s Intermezzo and Brahms’s Scherzo only * Helena Dearing, Ilia Korol, Gert Hecher. Johannes Brahms. Die Leiden des jungen Brahms. Label: Schwechtenstein Records. Brahms’s Scherzo only

References#

  • Dietrich, Albert & Widmann, Karl Recollections of Johannes Brahms translated by Dora E. Hecht (London: Seeley & Co. Ltd, 1899)
  • Geiringer, Karl Brahms. His Life and Work, 2nd edition (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1948)
  • MacDonald, Malcolm Brahms (London: JM Dent, 1990),
  • May, Florence The Life of Johannes Brahms, 2nd edition (London: William Reeves, 1948)
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Johannes Brahms