Back in 2016, the incomparable Clara Rockmore was a featured performer in the CCM. In that clip, she was accompanied by her sister, the legendary Nadia Reisenberg. This month, I bring Ms. Reisenberg back, now working with her friend, the violinist Erick Friedman.

This lovely 2-disc set, released by Roméo Records, features the duo in two performances. The first, from a 1977 live performance at the 92nd Street Y, has them performing Brahms's Third Sonata, Strauss's op. 18 Sonata in E-flat, Tcherepnin's Elegy, and Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The second, from a few weeks before the Y performance, has them playing excerpts from the Brahms and Strauss pieces on Robert Sherman's public radio show, "The Listening Room." Sherman was Reisenberg's son, incidentally. As interesting as the performances are, Sherman's interview is enlightening, and it's probably worth getting the discs if for those alone. While I don't agree with everything they say, Friedman and, especially, Reisenberg were both terrific musicians, and each offers interesting insights into music, pedagogy, art, etc.

Though we had an excerpt from Strauss just a few months ago, I offer a bit of the second movement of his sonata here from the WQXR broadcast. It is a lovely work, but is not nearly as well-known as a good deal of the rest of the repertoire. Perhaps this excerpt will change some minds and make it a little better known.