Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas, Vol. 1 (2009)

The opening release in a series covering all of Beethoven's sonatas for violin and piano, this disc includes the two biggies, the Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 47, "Kreutzer," and the Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 96. The series is among the few recordings of Beethoven's violin sonatas to be played on historical instruments: an 1812 Viennese fortepiano and a violin of 1801 from Viennese maker Geissenhof that is doubly a period instrument; it was a copy of an Amati and was one of the first violins to be based on a historical ... Read More

The opening release in a series covering all of Beethoven's sonatas for violin and piano, this disc includes the two biggies, the Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 47, "Kreutzer," and the Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 96. The series is among the few recordings of Beethoven's violin sonatas to be played on historical instruments: an 1812 Viennese fortepiano and a violin of 1801 from Viennese maker Geissenhof that is doubly a period instrument; it was a copy of an Amati and was one of the first violins to be based on a historical model. Violinist Hiro Kurosaki also uses a period bow and writes that "It is only with such a bow that Beethoven's very precise dynamic and marcato markings in the first, and the dotted rhythms in the last movement [of the "Kreutzer" sonata], can be realized." This gives you an idea of the flavor of these performances, which are detailed and generally low-key. Linda Nicholson's fortepiano, which has a strong bass register, isn't of the sort to startle those used to modern pianos;... Read Less

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