Violin Sonata D Minor Op 108

Brahms completed his Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 108, in 1888. It was the culmination of several years of work and his final contribution to the genre. This Third Sonata is his only one in a minor key and stands in stark contrast to its two predecessors, the cheerful and lyrical Sonatas in G major and A major. Cast on a large scale, its four movements are full of tense drama, technically and musically demanding in equal measure, and crowned by a brilliant finale that Brahms's contemporaries admired for its 'tempestuous' character. Reason enough for G. Henle Verlag to offer this sonata in a separate edition. The musical text of this revised Urtext edition is based on the recently published volume within the New Brahms Complete Edition, which guarantees the highest degree of scholarly precision. The helpful, well-thought-out fingerings are provided by the established chamber duo Frank Peter Zimmermann and Martin Helmchen.