Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Rachel Podger, Christopher Glynn
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Channel
Catalogue: CCSSA44222
Release: 2022
Size: 2.28 GB
Recovery: +3%
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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
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Adagio molto espressivo
06. III. Scherzo (Allegro molto – Trio)
07. IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96
08. I. Allegro moderato
09. II. Adagio espressivo
10. III. Scherzo (Allegro – Trio)
11. IV. Poco Allegretto
Rachel Podger, “the unsurpassed British glory of the baroque violin” (The Times), and Grammy award-winning pianist Christopher Glynn recorded Beethoven’s Sonatas for Violin and Piano nos. 1, 5 and 10. Following the critically acclaimed Mozart/Jones Sonatas Fragment Completions (2021), this Beethoven album marks Podger and Glynn’s second release together.
Reading about Ludwig van Beethoven as a performer usually brings up the inevitable stories about his characteristic and idiosyncratic piano playing in Vienna. But delving further into his early years in Bonn, we read that, as a musician at the court of the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, he was active as both organist and viola player. And when he left for Vienna in 1792 he was advised to take violin lessons with Ignaz Schuppanzigh.
Beethoven’s profound understanding of both the violin and the piano, and ability to combine them with astonishing invention and originality, is heard in ten sonatas. Three of which are performed on this new album.