Tamsin Waley-Cohen & Huw Watkins - Beethoven - Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 5 & 8 (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Tamsin Waley-Cohen and Huw Watkins return with the start of a Beethoven Violin Sonata Cycle here recording the 1st, 5th and 8th sonatas. Gramophone Magazine said The heart gives a little leap at the prospect of…a duo as engaging and intelligent as Tamsin Waley-Cohen and Huw Watkins. This cycle is sure to be one of the highlights of Signums year, as well as of Beethoven 250. Beethovens twelve violin sonatas add up to a comprehensive exploration of the possibilities and potential of writing for the two instruments on equal terms possibilities that he was ideally placed to understand. The three sonatas on this recording are waypoints on a journey, crafted by a composer who was both violinist and pianist, and who never ceased exploring the practical possibilities of the instruments for which he wrote.

TRACKLIST

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12 No. 1:

1 Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12 No. 1: I. Allegro con brio
2 Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12 No. 1: II. Tema con variazioni. Andante con moto
3 Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12 No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegro

Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring":

4 Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring": I. Allegro
5 Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring": II. Adagio molto espressivo
6 Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring": III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
7 Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring": IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo

Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30 No. 3:

8 Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30 No. 3: I. Allegro assaio
9 Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30 No. 3: II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
10 Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30 No. 3: III. Allegro vivace



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