Com­pan­ions of Art by Sophia Jaf­fé and Björn Lehmann
July 2023

Clara Schu­mann and Johannes Brahms were bound togeth­er for four decades by a great artis­tic friend­ship. They shared a com­mon inter­est and exchanged ideas on a per­son­al and artis­tic lev­el. The vio­lin­ist Sophia Jaf­fé and the pianist Björn Lehmann have been duo part­ners for many years and are now putting all their expe­ri­ence and love for Brahms and Schu­mann into a new GENUIN CD. The pro­gram includes the three vio­lin sonatas by Johannes Brahms and three vio­lin romances by Clara Schu­mann – con­ceiv­ably dif­fer­ent works in their scope, yet relat­ed in their view of the world and art: roman­tic trea­sures, record­ed with dedication!


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“Dichter­liebe” released on Deutsche Grammophon!

Schumann’s haunt­ing song cycle “Dichter­liebe” was new­ly com­posed by the Ger­man com­pos­er and con­duc­tor Chris­t­ian Jost and record­ed by the Horen­stein Ensem­ble for Deutsche Grammophon.
It links Jost’s work with a record­ing of Schumann’s orig­i­nal and his Liederkreis­es op. 39, with the late mez­zo-sopra­no Stel­la Doufexis.
Jost’s Dichter­liebe, sung by the Dan­ish tenor Peter Lodahl and the Horen­stein Ensem­ble, was com­mis­sioned by the Konz­erthaus Berlin and the Copen­hagen Opera Festival.
It pre­miered in Octo­ber 2017 in Berlin.


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Emil Niko­laus von Reznicek: Con­cert piece for Vio­lin & Orchestra
Sophia Jaf­fé, RSB Berlin, Mar­cus Bosch
cpo, 2015

jpc, Ama­zon

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John Casken: Vio­lin Con­cer­to (1995)
Sophia Jaffe, Halle Orches­tra, Markus Stenz
NMC records, 2014

jpc, Ama­zon

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Bach / Beethoven / Ysaÿe / Suk
Works for Vio­lin and Piano
Deutsch­er Musik­wet­tbe­werb, Prize Win­ner 2005
GENUIN, 2009

Sophia Jaf­fé, Björn Lehmann (Piano)

jpc, Ama­zon

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