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Building on the success of the first two instalments of their cycle devoted to Beethoven’s sonatas for piano and violin (Alpha 240, Diapason d’Or of the year, and Alpha 407), Lorenzo Gatto and Julien Libeer conclude this complete series by recording the remaining four sonatas, spread over two discs. Each of these discs is defined by a specific piano, since on the first CD of this last volume, the Sonatas nos.6 and 7 (op.30/1 and 2) are recorded on a Steinway, while on the second Julien Libeer plays the Sonatas nos.3 (op.12/3) and 8 (op.30/3) on the new instrument built by Chris Maene, the Straight-Strung Concert Grand, a piano with parallel stringing that has attracted some of today’s leading keyboard virtuosos, including Julien Libeer! Composed between 1797 and 1801, these sonatas are dedicated to Emperor Alexander I of Russia, except for op.12 no.3, which Beethoven dedicated to his teacher Antonio Salieri.
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"This duo's playing bursts with lively energy and good taste without short-changing the rawness that gives Beethoven its edge..." ****
Jeremy Pound - BBC Music magazine (Brief Notes section) - April 2020
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