Sonatas for Violin and Piano / Analogue Productions

Violinist David Abel and pianist Julie Steinberg perform Debussy's "Sonata for Violin and Piano," Bartok's "Rumanian Folk Dances," and Brahms' "Sonata No. 1 in G major Op. 78."

This remarkable recording of a Guarneri violin accompanied by a Steinway comes very close to the real chamber music experience. The Absolute Sound wrote in 2013: "This duo

plays as if it were one."David Wilson's highly acclaimed recordings are pure joy for audiophiles. The head of arguably the world's most exclusive loudspeaker manufacturer began

recording musicians and music he appreciated himself in 1977. Always acoustically, always unamplified. For "Sonatas for Violin and Piano," he used a pair of Schoeps microphones

and the Wilson Ultramaster, a heavily modified Studer tape deck with custom electronics developed by John Curl. Wilson's goal: to get as close as possible to the sound and music he

was recording. In the years leading up to 1995, the result was 33 tracks (27 of which were released) that reflect how Wilson himself prefers to hear live music. The remastering for

Analogue Productions was done by Kevin Gray..

Title

Side One

Brahms - Sonata No. 1 in G major Op. 78

1. Vivace ma non troppo

2. Adagio

3. Allegro molto moderato

Side Two

Debussy - Sonata for Violin and Piano

4. Allegro vivo

5. Intermede (fantastique et leger)

6. Finale

Bartok

7. Rumanian Folk Dances