Markus Hohti & Emil Holmstrom - Sonata For Piano And Cello No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 38 (CD)

Release Date: 01/01/20

On their new release, cellist Markus Hohti and pianist Emil Holmström perform Brahms' two cello sonatas on period instru

On their new release, cellist Markus Hohti and pianist Emil Holmström perform Brahms' two cello sonatas on period instruments. The sonatas were composed at very different stages of the composer's musical career. The sonata in E minor is the first 'duo sonata' that Brahms wrote, and the music still exudes a sense of the Romantic unpredictability so typical of his earlier output, a phenomenon that appears, for instance, in momen-tary shifts to what might even be considered naïve compositional solutions. The F major sonata, meanwhile, is the work of a mature, experienced composer; it revels in compositional fun and games, and one of its most prominent features is the virtuosic approach to the instrumental writing.