Beethoven / Podger / Glynn- Sonatas For Violin & Piano (Hybr) (CD)
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 & 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.
Tracklist:
- Violin Sonata No. 1 In D Major, Op. 12 No. 1: I. Allegro Con Brio
- Violin Sonata No. 1 In D Major, Op. 12 No. 1: II. Tema Con Variazioni (Andante Con Moto)
- Violin Sonata No. 1 In D Major, Op. 12 No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegro
- Violin Sonata No. 5 In F Major, Op. 24: I. Allegro
- Violin Sonata No. 5 In F Major, Op. 24: II. Adagio Molto Espressivo
- Violin Sonata No. 5 In F Major, Op. 24: III. Scherzo (Allegro Molto - Trio)
- Violin Sonata No. 5 In F Major, Op. 24: IV. Rondo. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
- Violin Sonata No. 10 In G Major, Op. 96: I. Allegro Moderato
- Violin Sonata No. 10 In G Major, Op. 96: II. Adagio Espressivo
- Violin Sonata No. 10 In G Major, Op. 96: III. Scherzo (Allegro - Trio)
- Violin Sonata No. 10 In G Major, Op. 96: 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 & 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.
Tracklist:
- Violin Sonata No. 1 In D Major, Op. 12 No. 1: I. Allegro Con Brio
- Violin Sonata No. 1 In D Major, Op. 12 No. 1: II. Tema Con Variazioni (Andante Con Moto)
- Violin Sonata No. 1 In D Major, Op. 12 No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegro
- Violin Sonata No. 5 In F Major, Op. 24: I. Allegro
- Violin Sonata No. 5 In F Major, Op. 24: II. Adagio Molto Espressivo
- Violin Sonata No. 5 In F Major, Op. 24: III. Scherzo (Allegro Molto - Trio)
- Violin Sonata No. 5 In F Major, Op. 24: IV. Rondo. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
- Violin Sonata No. 10 In G Major, Op. 96: I. Allegro Moderato
- Violin Sonata No. 10 In G Major, Op. 96: II. Adagio Espressivo
- Violin Sonata No. 10 In G Major, Op. 96: III. Scherzo (Allegro - Trio)
- Violin Sonata No. 10 In G Major, Op. 96: IV. Poco Allegretto