Pierre Fouchenneret and Romain Descharmes - Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Piano & Violin (2016)

The ten Sonatas for piano and violin (for it is under this singular appellation that they were originally published) date from the first maturity of Beethoven; 1798 to 1803 for the first nine, 1812 for the last. A surprising design - no doubt a publisher's affair, which did not want to frighten the amateur violinists - for most of which are genuine double concertos without orchestra, especially the sonata "A Kreutzer" (originally designed for violinist George Bridgetower With whom Beethoven sintered shortly afterwards, and then dedicated to Rodolphe Kreutzer, who found it unintelligible … the hazards of history which gives to a masterpiece the name of an obscure personage who certainly does not deserve it!) Of which we know The squarely symphonic amplitude. On the violin for this integral, Pierre Fouchenneret, a disciple of Charlier, Erlih and Starker, privileged partner of big names such as Hortense Cartier-Bresson, Marielle Nordmann, Roland Pidoux, Henri Demarquette, Maurice Bourgues, Marc Coppey, Ébène Quatuor, Eric The Sage, Xavier Phillips, Sarah Nemtanu and Romain Descharmes - the latter holding the piano part! Let us welcome the magnificent performance, recorded in public at the Cherbourg theater, of this young and brilliant duo who has revisited the ten Sonates of Beethoven with fervor and passion.

Tracklist:

CD1
01. I. Presto
02. II. Andante scherzoso, più allegretto
03. III. Allegro molto
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Adagio molto espressivo
06. III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
07. IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
08. I. Allegro vivace
09. II. Andante, più tosto allegretto
10. III. Allegro piacevole
11. I. Allegro con spirito
12. II. Adagio con molt'espressione
13. III. Rondo. Allegro molto

CD2
01. I. Allegro con brio
02. II. Tema con variazioni. Andante con moto
03. III. Rondo. Allegro
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Adagio molto espressivo
06. III. Allegretto con variazioni
07. I. Allegro con brio
08. II. Adagio cantabile
09. III. Scherzo. Allegro
10. IV. Finale. Allegro - Presto

CD3
01. I. Allegro assai
02. II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
03. III. Allegro vivace
04. I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto
05. II. Andante con variazioni
06. III. Finale. Presto
07. I. Allegro moderato
08. II. Adagio espressivo
09. III. Sherzo. Allegro - trio
10. IV. Poco allegretto