Antje Weithaas

With marked and unmarked string part 1873 was a turning point for Dvorák. Precipitated by the rejection of his opera 'The King and the Charcoal Burner', he tried to give his compositions a new directi...

Schumann's second violin sonata was written in October/November 1851, only a few weeks after the first work for this combination of instruments (HN 428). The highly virtuosic sonata, especially in the...

Originally planned only as a little duo for violin and piano, the composition grew into a sonata in autumn 1885. The first performances were more than disillusioning for Saint-Saëns, as the violinists...