Handel: Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371 / Debussy: Violin Sonata in D Major, CD 148 / Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 (Remastered) Andreas Röhn & Karl Bergemann

• George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759): Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371:
• 1 Handel: Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371: I. Affettuoso 02:47
• 2 Handel: Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371: II. Allegro 02:32
• 3 Handel: Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371: III. Larghetto 03:02
• 4 Handel: Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371: IV. Allegro 03:44
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): Violin Sonata, CD 148:
• 5 Debussy: Violin Sonata, CD 148: I. Allegro vivo 04:11
• 6 Debussy: Violin Sonata, CD 148: II. Intermède. Fantasque et léger 03:55
• 7 Debussy: Violin Sonata, CD 148: III. Finale. Très animé 03:49
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78:
• 8 Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78: I. Vivace ma non troppo 10:43
• 9 Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78: II. Adagio 07:48
• 10 Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78: III. Allegro molto moderato 09:06
• Total Runtime 51:37

Info for Handel: Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371 / Debussy: Violin Sonata in D Major, CD 148 / Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 (Remastered)

Violinist Andreas Röhn began his career as a soloist before becoming concertmaster of the BR Symphony Orchestra. His upcoming album featuring Sonatas by Handel, Debussy and Brahms is released digitally on 12 December as part of DG’s Debut series, which presents first or very early recordings by artists who went on to build considerable careers. Listen to a first pre-release track of the first movement of Debussy’s Violin Sonata, CD 148, for which he is accompanied by Karl Bergemann on piano.

Andreas Röhn, violin
Karl Bergemann, piano

Digitally remastered

Andreas Röhn
was first concertmaster of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra for 28 years, and is professor for violin at the State Academy of Music in Hamburg, where he himself had previously studied with Eva Hauptmann, a student of Carl Flesch. He received his basic training from his father Erich Röhn, former concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic under Wilhelm Furtwängler. Other teachers were Max Rostal, Christian Ferras, Josef Gingold and above all Henryk Szeryng, who became his most important musical mentor.

After winning first prize at the international Carl Felsch Competition, he began his career as a soloist, which took him through many countries. In 1973 he became first concertmaster with Sergiu Celibidache at the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, and in 1981 he moved in the same position to the BR Symphony Orchestra, still conducted by Rafael Kubelik. In addition to his continuous work with all other principal conductors to this day and his teaching activities in Hamburg, he continued to give concerts as a soloist and with his piano trio, and of course always highly inspired by "guests" such as Riccardo Muti, Zubin Metha and the unforgettable Leonard Bernstein.

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