Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano
6/19/2020, 33 Tracks, 3:55:25
Featuring
Leonidas Kavakos
Enrico Pace
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Composer Biography
Beethoven and Mozart, though both played violin and viola, primarily considered themselves pianists.
Composition History
The publisher Artaria included 'harpsichord' in the title of Beethoven's Op. 12 sonatas purely as a marketing tactic, as they were definitely intended for piano.
Composition History
Nine of Beethoven's ten violin sonatas were composed in a relatively short period between 1797 and 1803.
Composition History
The three Op. 12 sonatas were dedicated to Antonio Salieri, one of Beethoven's teachers.
Instruments
Leonidas Kavakos, the violinist on this recording, plays the 1724 'Abergavenny' violin by Antonio Stradivari.
Compositional Technique
Beethoven's Op. 12 sonatas demand a fair degree of virtuosity, with the opening Allegro of the third in E-flat described as one of his most brilliantly written for piano technique.
