Beethoven's op.30 violin and piano sonatas are three irresistibly lively and individual spirits in the hands and imaginations of Martha Argerich and Gidon Kremer. The first, in A major, has that particular quality of blithe and elusive joy reminiscent of the Spring Sonata, and created here by the lightest and truest touch on string and key, fused with bright rhythmic clarity. The slow movement is a tremulous song of long-forgotten, far-off things, in which violin and piano find an intimate balance of tone. The G major Sonata's centrepiece is its Minuet and Trio, which Argerich and Kremer cunningly tease and charm into revealing its archaic qualities: a dance glimpsed through a lace veil. It is framed by two fast movements that would identify their performers anywhere, with their high-voltage velocity and wittily imaginative anticipation of each other's every move. (Gramophone)
Tracklist:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonatas for Piano and Violin (nos. 6—8)
Side 1 - Sonate A-dur, op.30 Nr.1:
Allegro
Adagio molto espressivo
Allegretto con Variazioni (I—VI)
Side 2 - Sonate c-moll, op. 30 Nr. 2:
Allegro con brio
Adagio cantabile
Scherzo. Allegro
Finale. Allegro — Presto
Side 3 - Sonate G-dur, op. 30 Nr. 3:
Allegro assai
Tempo di Minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
Allegro vivace
Recording information:
Title: Violin Sonatas
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Artist: Gidon Kremer, Martha Argerich
Genre: Classical
Media: 2x 180g LP Vinyl Stereo 33rpm, Remastered, . Mastered from Original Master Tape. Mastered by Rainer Maillard @ Emil Berliner Studios. Audiophile Virgin Vinyl Pressed @ Optimal Germany
Label: Analogphonic
Cat#: LP43196
Released: 2023 in South Korea
Original release: 1994 by Deutsche Grammophon 445 652-2
EAN: 8808678161960
Discogs rel.#: 33292248
