Ludwig van Beethoven 4CD 2011-2012 Complete Violin Sonatas / Violin: Kristóf Baráti, Piano: Klára Würtz / Over 3 hours of unsurpassed classical music / Brilliant Classics

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Total playtime: aprox. 210 minutes

English Summary:

A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in classical music.

Beethoven was the eldest son of a singer in the Kapelle of the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and grandson of the Archbishop's Kapellmeister. He moved in 1792 to Vienna, where he had some lessons from Haydn and others, quickly establishing himself as a remarkable keyboard-player and original composer. By 1815 increasing deafness made public performance impossible and accentuated existing eccentricities of character, patiently tolerated by a series of rich patrons and his royal pupil the Archduke Rudolph.

Beethoven did much to enlarge the possibilities of music and widen the horizons of later generations of composers. To his contemporaries he was sometimes a controversial figure, making heavy demands on listeners both by the length and by the complexity of his writing, as he explored new fields of music.

Tracklist:

    Violin Sonata No.1 In D Op.12 No.1    (19:02)
1-1        I. Allegro Con Brio    8:03
1-2        II. Tema Con Variazioni    6:44
1-3        III. Rondo: Allegro    4:15
        Violin Sonata No.2 In A Op.12 No.2    (15:41)
1-4        I. Allegro Vivace    6:00
1-5        II. Andante, Piu Tosto Allegretto    4:59
1-6        III. Allegro Piacevole    4:42
        Violin Sonata No.3 In E Flat Op.12 No.3    (17:26)
1-7        I. Allegro Con Spirito    8:04
1-8        II. Adagio Con Molt'espressione    5:26
1-9        III. Rondo: Allegro Molto    3:57

        Violin Sonata No.4 in A Minor Op.23    (16:41)
2-1        I. Presto    6:57
2-2        II. Andante Scherzoso, Piu Allegretto    6:55
2-3        III. Allegro Molto    4:49
        Violin Sonata No.5 in F Op.24 "Spring"    (21:46)
2-4        I. Allegro    9:05
2-5        II. Adagio Molto Espressivo    5:31
2-6        III. Scherzo: Allegro Molto    1:01
2-7        IV. Rondo: Allegro Ma Non Troppo    6:09

        Violin Sonata No.6 In A Op.30 No.1    (21:17)
3-1        I. Allegro    6:53
3-2        II. Adagio Molto Espressivo    6:54
3-3        III. Allegretto Con Variazioni    7:30
        Violin Sonata No.7 In C Minor Op.30 No.2    (23:33)
3-4        I. Allegro Con Brio    7:06
3-5        II. Adagio Cantabile    8:39
3-6        III. Scherzo, Allegro    3:12
3-7        IV. Finale: Allegro    4:37
        Violin Sonata No.8 In G Op.30 No.3    (16:29)
3-8        I. Allegro Assai    5:44
3-9        II. Tempo Di Menuetto    7:34
3-10        III. Allegro Vivace    3:11

        Violin Sonata No.9 In A Op.47 "Kreutzer"    (35:36)
4-1        I. Adagio Sostenuto - Presto    12:54
4-2        II. Andante Con Variazioni    14:21
4-3        III. Finale: Presto    8:19
        Violin Sonata No.10 In G Op.96    (24:20)
4-4        I. Allegro Moderato    10:06
4-5        II. Adagio Espressivo    5:16
4-6        III. Scherzo: Allegro    1:48
4-7        IV. Poco Allegretto  7:10