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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827)
COMPACT DISC ONE
Sonata, Op. 12 No. 1 (1797-98)
21:58
in D major - in D-Dur - en ré majeur
Dedicat[a] al Sigr. Antonio Salieri primo Maestro di Capella della Corte Imperiale di Vienna &c. &c.
1.
Allegro con brio
9:41
Tema con Variazioni: 7:28
2.
Andante con moto -
1:22
3.
Variazione I -
1:18
4.
Variazione II -
1:24
5.
Variazione III. Minore -
1:03
6.
Variazione IV. Maggiore
2:18
7.
Rondo. Allegro
4:51
Sonata, Op. 30 No. 2 (1801-02)
26:12
in C minor - in c-Moll - en ut mineur
Dédiée à Sa Majesté Alexandre I, Empereur de toutes les Russies
8.
Allegro con brio
8:02
9.
Adagio cantabile
9:22
10.
Scherzo. Allegro (La prima parte senza repetizione) -
3:34
Trio - Scherzo da Capo
11.
Finale. Allegro - Presto
5:10
Sonata, Op. 96 (1812)
29:35
in G major - en G-Dur - en sol majeur
Sr. Kaiserl. Hoheit dem durchlauchtigsten Prinzen Rudolph
Erzeherzog von Oesterreich etc. in tiefer Ehrfurcht
zugeeignet
12.
Allegro moderato
11:15
13.
Adagio espressivo -
7:27
14.
Scherzo. Allegro - Trio - Scherzo - Coda
1:50
15.
Poco Allegretto - Adagio espressivo - Tempo I - Allegro -
9:00
Total time: 77:46
 
 
 
COMPACT DISC TWO
Sonata, Op. 12 No. 2 (1797-98)
16:42
in A major - in A-Dur - en la majeur
Dedicat[a] al Sigr. Antonio Salieri primo Maestro di Capella della Corte Imperiale di Vienna &c. &c.
1.
Allegro vivace
6:32
2.
Andante più tosto Allegretto
5:10
3.
Allegro piacévole
5:00
Sonata, Op. 23 (1800)
20:51
in A minor - in a-Moll - en la mineur
Dédiée à Monsieur la Comte Maurice de Fries Chambellan de S.M.I.&R.
4.
Presto
7:15
5.
Andante scherzoso più Allegretto
8:11
6.
Allegro molto - Adagio - Tempo I
5:23
Sonata, Op. 24 'Spring' (1800-01)
24:20
in F major - in F-Dur - en fa majeur
Dédiée à Monsieur la Comte Maurice de Fries Chambellan de S.M.I.&R.
7.
Allegro
10:17
8.
Adagio molto espressivo
5:54
9.
Scherzo. Allegro molto (la prima parte senza
1:15
repetizione) - Trio - Scherzo da Capo
10.
Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
6:51
Sonata, Op. 30 No. 3 (1801-02)
17:46
in G major - in G-Dur - en sol majeur
Dédiée à Sa Majesté Alexandre I, Empereur de toutes les Russies
11.
Allegro assai
6:40
12.
Tempo di Menuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
7:28
13.
Allegro vivace
3:36
Total time: 79:41
 
 
 
COMPACT DISC THREE
Sonata, Op. 30 No. 1 (1801-02)
22:56
in A major - in A-Dur - en la majeur
Dédiée à Sa Majesté Alexandre I, Empereur de toutes les Russies
1.
Allegro
7:50
2.
Adagio molto espressivo
7:09
Allegretto con Variazioni: 7:59
3.
[Tema] -
0:45
4.
Variazione I -
0:45
5.
Variazione II -
0:49
6.
Variazione III -
0:46
7.
Variazione IV -
0:55
8.
Variazione V. [ ] - Adagio - Tempo I -
1:44
9.
Variazione VI. Allegro, ma non tanto
2:10
Sonata, Op. 12 No. 3 (1797-98)
19:06
in E flat major - in Es-Dur - en mi bémol majeur
Dedicat[a] al Sigr. Antonio Salieri primo Maestro di Capella della Corte Imperiale di Vienna &c. &c.
10.
Allegro con spirito
8:16
11.
Adagio con molta espressione
6:40
12.
Rondo. Allegro molto
4:08
Sonata, Op. 47 'Kreutzer-Sonate' (1802-03)
38:42
in A - in A - en la
('Kreutzer' Sonata)
Dedicata al suo amico R. Kreu[t]zer.
Membro del Conservatorio di Musici in Parigi
Primo Violino dell'Academia delle Arti, e della Camera imperiale.
13.
Adagio sostenuto - Presto - Adagio - Tempo I [Presto] -
14:22
Andante con Variazioni: 15:33
14.
[Tema] -
2:35
15.
Variazione I -
2:07
16.
Variazione II -
2:00
17.
Variazione III. Minore -
2:52
18.
Variazione IV. Maggiore - Molto Adagio - Tempo I
5:57
19.
Presto - Adagio - Tempo I - Adagio - Tempo I
8:45
Total time: 80:46
9-11 December 2014 (Op. 12 Nos 2 and 3, Opp. 23, 24, and 47) and 1-3 July 2015 (other works)
Notes
After a ‘sublime’ (BBC Music) complete set of Schubert’s violin sonatas with Piers Lane [CHAN 10850(2)], Tasmin Little joins Martin Roscoe in this recording of the complete violin sonatas by Beethoven.
In all, Beethoven wrote ten sonatas for piano and violin, and seems not to have entertained ideas for other works in this genre. All but one may be regarded as early works: only Op. 96, in G major, which was composed almost a decade after the last of the other nine, does not fall into this category. As a group, then, the violin sonatas do not offer a conspectus of Beethoven’s stylistic development such as we find in the string quartets, piano sonatas, symphonies, and even cello sonatas. But each work is a masterpiece in its own right, original, full of vitality, idiomatic for both the pianist and violinist who are equal-ranking participants in the ensemble, and executed with consummate compositional skill.
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Tasmin Little & Martin Roscoe - Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas