Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Antje Weithaas, Camerata Berlin
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Avi Music
Catalogue: AVI8553226
Release: 2012
Size: 240 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’
01. I. Allegro con brio
02. II. Allegretto ma non troppo
03. III. Allegro assai – Vivace ma serioso
04. IV. Larghetto espressivo – Allegretto agitato – Allegro
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer’
05. I. Adagio sostenuto – Presto (Arr. for Solo Violin and String Orchestra)
06. II. Andante con variazioni (Arr. for Solo Violin and String Orchestra)
07. III. Presto (Arr. for Solo Violin and String Orchestra)
This new recording offers two particularly good examples of ‘orchestrations’ of smaller works: Beethoven’s String Quartet in F Minor op. 95 and the ’Kreutzer’ Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major. These are two prime examples of the extent to which our view of a masterpiece can be transformed and expanded through arrangement.
Violinist Antje Weithaas has created a new orchestral version of the work in collaboration with the Bern Camerata’s double bassist Steuri, both performing here.