Robert Schumann wrote of Brahms in a piece in New Paths’

‘Even outwardly he bore the marks announcing to us: “This is a chosen one”....’

Johannes Brahms’ 3 violin sonatas are right at the heart of the violin repertoire.

This disc includes all 3 sonatas, as well as the early work, Brahms’s contribution to the FAE compositions suggested by Robert Schumann, the notes taken from Brahms’s confidant and fine virtuoso violinist Joseph Joachim’s motto frei aber einsam (‘free but lonely’) Canadian/British violinist Sadie Fields enjoys a diverse career as soloist, chamber musician, and researcher. Since making her concerto debut at age fourteen, Sadie has performed across North America, the UK, and continental Europe, and further afield in Israel, New Zealand, and China. Sadie has broadcast on BBC Radio3, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio New Zealand, NDR (Germany), and Swedish radio.

London born pianist Jeremy Young has gained a reputation as one of the UK’s most respected and versatile musicians. A founder member of the Manchester Piano Trio, Jeremy has also partnered many of the worlds most distinguished musicians including Olivier Charlier, Mark Padmore, Julian Bliss, Liwei Qin, Thomas Riebl and Karine Georgian. He is currently the Head of Chamber Music at the RNCM.