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Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108

188825 min

This guide follows Brahms’s Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 (1888) in four parts: Allegro (sonata form), Adagio, Un poco presto e con sentimento and Presto agitato (sonata form).

Recording: David Oistrakh (violin), Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

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Follow all 29 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III e
  4. IV · Sonata form
ISonata form0:06–8:45

The violin enters softly (sotto voce), high above a restless piano accompaniment. The is in F major. The sits on a long on A: the pianist holds one low note while the harmony moves above it. The includes an abrupt shift to F-sharp minor before D minor . After the , the ends in D major and leads straight into the .

  1. : 1
  2. :
II8:58–13:56
III e 14:13–17:15
IV Sonata form17:24–25:11

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Johannes BrahmsChamber musicRomantic periodD minorSonata form

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