Praising Perlman’s “seemingly endless flow of full-blooded lyricism”, Gramophone praised his partnership with Vladimir Ashkenazy in these works by Brahms by saying that “both artists play with a depth of identification with the idiom that makes the performances both distinctive and authoritative”.
Disc 1
01 Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78: I. Vivace, ma non troppo - Itzhak Perlman
02 Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78: II. Adagio - Itzhak Perlman
03 Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78: III. Allegro molto moderato - Itzhak Perlman
04 Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100: I. Allegro amabile - Itzhak Perlman/Vladimir Ashkenazy
05 Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100: II. Andante tranquillo - Vivace - Itzhak Perlman/Vladimir Ashkenazy
06 Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100: III. Allegro grazioso (quai andante) - Itzhak Perlman/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Disc 2
01 Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: I. Allegro - Itzhak Perlman/Vladimir Ashkenazy
02 Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: II. Adagio - Itzhak Perlman/Vladimir Ashkenazy
03 Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: III. Un poco presto, e con sentimento - Itzhak Perlman/Vladimir Ashkenazy
04 Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108: IV. Presto agitato - Itzhak Perlman/Vladimir Ashkenazy
05 Brahms: Violin Sonata, 'F-A-E': III. Scherzo in C Minor - Itzhak Perlman/Vladimir Ashkenazy
06 Brahms / Arr Joachim: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 1 in G Minor - Itzhak Perlman/Vladimir Ashkenazy
07 Brahms / Arr Joachim: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 2 in D Minor - Itzhak Perlman/Vladimir Ashkenazy
08 Brahms / Arr Joachim: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 7 in A Major - Itzhak Perlman/Vladimir Ashkenazy
09 Brahms / Arr Joachim: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 9 in E Minor - Itzhak Perlman/Vladimir Ashkenazy