Although, from all accounts Nathan Milstein, Vladimir Horowitz and Gregor Piatigorsky made up a potent trio, no one thought of bringing them together in the recording studio. This Naxos re-issue gives us Milstein�s only studio collaboration with Horowitz, a superb interpretation of Brahms� greatest violin sonata, and his only recording of the work. Milstein�s sole recording with Piatigorsky, of Brahms� Double Concerto, is a powerful performance, excellently supported by the Hungarian maestro Freitz Reiner. The rare 1950 recording of Beethoven�s Spring Sonata, which appeared only in America on 45rpm and an early LP, is even more spontaneous than the acclaimed stereo version.