Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Viktoria Mullova, Alasdair Beatson
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: PM Classics
Release: 2021
Size: 1.15 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23
01. I. Presto
02. II. Andante scherzoso, piu Allegretto
03. III. Allegro molto
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. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2
08. I. Allegro con brio
09. II. Adagio cantabile
10. III. Scherzo (Allegro)
11. IV. Finale (Allegro)
Viktoria Mullova’s first album of Beethoven Violin Sonatas – Nos. 3 & 9 (‘Kreutzer’) with Kristian Bezuidenhout – was reviewed enthusiastically by Gramophone magazine, who stated “The sound in these familiar pieces has a startling clarity” and went on to say that the period instruments “relocate these two works in a darkly Romantic sound world.”
For this next volume in a complete cycle, Viktoria is partnered by Alasdair Beatson in the strange 4th sonata, the popular 5th ‘Spring’ sonata and the dramatic 7th – Beethoven in C Minor mood, always exciting and turbulent.