The late, late Brahms show
mainFew late pieces are as powerful and enduring as the pair of sonatas Johannes Brahms wrote for clarinet and piano in his final years. So good, he also wrote them for viola.
But there is no recording that can be recommended without hesitation.
Or is there?
My Album of the Week on sinfinimusiccom. Read here.
Leopold Wlach-Jorg Demus (1953)
agree. Wlach and Demus. just that the young lads don’t know the old boys.
Recently I’ve been listening to this:
Part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyF6mvt-61g
Part 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kLA0iQNpeg
I don’t know where it stands against the greatest, but I find it really impressive ✓