Violinist Philippe Graffin’s second recording for Onyx sees him partnered once again by pianist Claire Désert, in Schumann’s highly charged second violin sonata and the delightful 3 Romances by Clara Schumann, composed for Joseph Joachim.

The concerto is a rarity – not the D minor violin concerto op. posth, but the composer’s arrangement of his much-loved cello concerto op.129.

Unusual and intelligent programming from Philippe Graffin, who is rapidly gaining a reputation as one of the most insightful and inquisitive violinists of our time.

BBC Music Magazine

November 2010

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“Most of [the transcription] works well enough...and there are even one or two gains...Graffin makes a very appealing case for it...Clara Schumann's Three Romances are much more than salon sweetmeats, and Graffin and Claire Désert play them elegantly and with feeling.”