Manon Galy / Gonzalez Buajasan,Jorge * Mendelssohn, Brahms & Grieg: Violin Sonatas [New CD] 6/9/23 Nova Express

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Manon Galy / Gonzalez Buajasan,Jorge * Mendelssohn, Brahms & Grieg: Violin Sonatas [New CD] 6/9/23 Nova ExpressAfter their first recording, Nuits parisiennes, Manon Galy and Jorge Gonzalez Buajasan open the door to the inner worlds of Romanticism. Surrounding Mendelssohn's rare Sonata in F major MWV Q 26 (his only mature violin sonata), Brahms's Second, and Grieg's Third are a few poetic and intimate gems, such as Sibelius's Berceuse and Fibich's Pome. Between "melancholy waltz and languorous vertigo," violin and piano become the exalted yet nostalgic voice of