Brahms: Violin Sonatas album review – Ehnes and Armstrong’s performances exude an effortless rightness

Ehnes/Armstrong (Seattle Chamber Music Society) The Canadian violinist and American pianist – musical partners for over three decades – bring assurance and grace to these three violin sonatas written by Brahms in his creative prime. Written between 1879 and 1888, Brahms’s three violin sonatas are the work of a man in his creative prime. Between them, they cover a considerable emotional span, from the lyrical, ultimately wistful G major with its rain-dappled finale to the structural complexities