Christine Busch, the violinist on this recording, has performed with renowned ensembles like Nikolaus Harnoncourt's Concentus Musicus Vienna and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
Instruments
This fortepiano includes four pedals for sound effects: a damper lift, a moderator, a bassoon slide, and an una corda shift.
Composition History
Beethoven's Op. 12 sonatas were originally marketed as 'for harpsichord or fortepiano with violin' to appeal to amateurs, though the violin part was treated as equally important.
Composer Biography
Beethoven was close friends with Nannette and Andreas Streicher, the piano builders, and they exchanged around sixty letters.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Beethoven believed that piano playing was an underdeveloped art form and that one could 'sing on the piano' if they had feeling.
Instruments
The fortepiano used in this recording was built in 1814 by Nannette Streicher, a leading piano builder in Vienna and friend of Beethoven.
Instruments
Nannette Streicher's fortepiano features a 'Viennese action' mechanism, which differs significantly from the English-French action.
