Brahms: Violin Sonatas John Fadial & Andrew Harley

• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 "Regen":
• 1 Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 "Regen": I. Vivace ma non troppo 10:57
• 2 Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 "Regen": II. Adagio 08:19
• 3 Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 "Regen": III. Allegro molto moderato 09:10
• Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 "Thun":
• 4 Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 "Thun": I. Allegro amabile 09:01
• 5 Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 "Thun": II. Andante tranquillo - Vivace 07:11
• 6 Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 "Thun": III. Allegretto grazioso, quasi andante 06:13
• Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108:
• 7 Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: I. Allegro 07:41
• 8 Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: II. Adagio 04:40
• 9 Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: III. Un poco presto e con sentimento 02:37
• 10 Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: IV. Presto agitato 05:38
• Total Runtime 01:11:27

Info for Brahms: Violin Sonatas

The three great Brahms Sonatas for Violin and Piano certainly need no introduction. These are superb performances by violinist John Fadial and pianist Andrew Harley. Violinist John Fadial serves as Professor of Violin at the University of Wyoming. At the age of eleven, he performed for President Gerald Ford and since has appeared around the globe as chamber musician, soloist and pedagogue. His performances have been praised by the critics. “Sparkling Technique,” (L’Est Republicain) “Wow! Great Stuff,” (The Washington Post.) He has toured internationally for the US State Department as a United States Artistic Ambassador, and has served as Concertmaster of the North Carolina Opera, the Colorado Festival, ProMusica Colorado, the Menuhin Festival Orchestra of Saumur (France), the Heidelberg Schloss-Spiele (Germany), and Greensboro (NC) Symphony Orchestra (eighteen seasons). English pianist Andrew Harley enjoys an internationally recognized performing and teaching career. Specializing in instrumental chamber music and song literature, he has been heard in live broadcasts on national radio and television, as well as on numerous recordings.

John Fadial, violin
Andrew Harley, piano

John Fadial
is associate professor of violin at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. He has served as concertmaster of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and as associate concertmaster of the Eastern Music Festival and Colorado Music Festival.

Fadial has performed on four continents as a United States Information Service Artistic Ambassador and has appeared at the Smithsonian Museum, The Philips Collection and the Terrace Theater of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Fadial’s performances have been praised by the critics: “Sparkling Technique,” from the L’Est Republicain and “Wow! Great Stuff,” from The Washington Post.

A multiple nominee and recipient of the School of Music Outstanding Teaching Award, Andrew Harley serves as director of accompanying and piano chamber music. He has recently completed a recording of the Sonatas for Piano and Violin of Johannes Brahms.

Andrew Harley
As a performing artist, Harley has given solo and chamber music recitals in Canada, Central America, Europe, Scandinavia and the U.S. Harley has performed in Carnegie Hall and was invited to join the Garth Newel Piano Quartet, with whom he performed approximately 50 concerts each year, according to his biography.

Currently, Harley is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

The Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, a commercial newspaper in Germany, described Harley as “a soloist who understands how to blend within an ensemble with excellence, yet without subjugating himself. Pearls of gold met with a diamond.”

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