BRAHMS Sonata E minor op 38 (: Fugue) - Božo Paradžik (double bass) & Maria Sofianska (piano)

Brahms composed this, final movement of his first (of total seven) sonatas for an instrument and piano in 1865, three years after composing first three movements. In between, he decided to destroy one of the movements (the Adagio, originally second movement). Pianist Maria Sofianska and myself have recorded this video on May 31, 2021 when just a few more sequences for the documentary “Double Bass Goes Brahms“ were needed (one can watch whole the one-hour-documentary here on YouTube: ). We actually didn’t actually even think of producing a “real“ recording of this sonata that day, as the concert hall was hired just for short time and there was plenty of other pieces to be recorded during the two days. We played this sonata just twice through, but the result was better than expected and now we have this video. What we now hear makes us joy and we gladly share the recording here. First and second movement are already on YouTube: Super Audio CD “Double Bass Goes Brahms“ with three sonatas by Brahms performed with double bass and piano was the first big goal of my big Brahms-project. I was working on it actively for longer than 15 years. I’ve decided not to record any of sonatas by Brahms before I feel to have reached a full maturity as a musician. After my first two CD releases (published 2000 by EMI/Virgin Classics and 2011 by Solo Musica GmbH) I wanted to produce my recordings as an independent artist, in my own production. Therefore the CD can be ordered only from the online shop of my website. Please visit my website, one can listen there many more excerpts from the album. I also attend to upload on YouTube full videos with all Brahms sonatas I have played so far... and it is five of seven in total (from the two I will not perform as a whole piece I will upload one of the movements of the each sonata, though). More Brahms will follow soon on my channel. Thank you for your attention and for your time. Božo Paradžik P. S. special thanks to our page turner, he is himself a greatly talented young double bassist Filipe Dandalo Modafferi, one might soon hear more of him.