Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Huw Watkins
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Signum
Size: 1.17 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1
01. I. Allegro con brio
02. II. Tema con variazioni. Andante con moto
03. III. Rondo. Allegro
Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 ‘Spring’
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Adagio molto espressivo
06. III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
07. IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3
08. I. Allegro assai
09. II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
10. III. Allegro vivace
Their complementary personalities (recorded with a balance in the violinist’s favour, unlike Ehnes and Armstrong) meet most harmoniously in the Spring Sonata’s Adagio, where Watkins draws an appealing, fortepiano-like resonance from the piano and Waley-Cohen’s phrasing taps the music’s pastoral roots… Each of the three sonatas inhabits its own costume, made to measure.