Brahms’ three violin sonatas were composed within a decade and are central to the chamber music repertoire. These mature works display a perfect balance between the two instruments with intimate recollections, melodies based on song, poetic strength and passionate intensity.

Violinist Niklas Walentin has already recorded Ysaÿe (8.574214–15) and Lou Harrison (8.574244) for Naxos whilst Christina Bjørkøe has been lauded by Gramophone for her ‘beautifully phrased and idiomatic interpretations’.