Beethoven: Sonatas for Violin & Piano Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 8
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Composer: Ludwig van BeethovenPerformer: Claudio Arrau
Performer: Arthur Grumiaux
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2007-08-01
Music Label: Philips / Eloquence Australia
Soundtracks:
- Sonata No. 1 In D Major For Violin And Piano, Op.12 No.1
- Sonata No. 2 In A Major For Violin And Piano, Op.12 No.2
- Sonata No.4 In A Minor For Violin And Piano, Op.33
- Sonata No.5 In F Major For Violin And Piano, Op.24 'Spring'
- Sonata No. 7 In C Minor For Violin And Piano, Op.30 No.2
- Sonata No. 8 In G Major For Violin And Piano, Op.30 No.3
Music reviews of Beethoven: Sonatas for Violin & Piano Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 8
Music Review: An Extraordinary Session!...
Rating: 5 Stars
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Kudos to the producer at Philips who arranged for Arthur Grumiaux and Claudio Arrau to meet in Amsterdam, 1975-76, for this extraordinary collaboration.
Grumiaux and Arrau seem to have had a genuine rapport with each other and with Beethoven; for here we have impeccable musicianship realizing phenomenal beauteousness while expressing profound metaphysical philosophy.
Both artists had a very firm control of their technique which engendered genuine purity of sound-production combined with a certain stability of timing throughout the overall design of a piece.
Together they bring a dedication to searching and revealing the essential character of Beethoven's genius.
This they achieve by unmistakable lyrical and rhythmic incision with a fine balance of levitas and gravitas: a combination of calm serenity and high drama. Their sectional phrase-parsing is marvellous.
They clearly reveal Beethoven's yin-yang dialectic: his synthesis of masculine virility (content) within feminine curvature (form): this is Beethoven's most salient characteristic.
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Furthermore, the duo's selection of works for this programme makes for a very pleasing listening experience: disc 1 = Sonatas Nos. 1, 2 & 4; disc 2 = Nos. 5, 7 & 8.
We have to look at Beethoven's little-known Violin Sonatas.
The Opus 12 set of three is late-Classical (all major key) which parallels the Op. 10 set of solo Sonatas.
Opera 23 & 24 form a pair (minor/major) on the Classic-Romantic cusp.
The three Sonatas of Op. 30 parallel the three solo Sonatas of Op. 31 in Beethoven's embarkation unto the stormy seas of early-Romanticism with their heroic pathos and joie de vie-bonhomie.
Finally, Opp. 47 & 96 should be seen as a fully Romantic pair which (arguably) could parallel the Op. 95 String Quartet and the Op. 73 Piano Concerto, respectively.
Thusly, Grumiaux' and Arrau's choices for this programme = two Op. 12s, the Opp. 23-24 pair, and two Op. 30s.
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Much as the Kempff-Schneiderhan duo's 1953 readings of these Sonatas are rightly admired for their jazzy verve and swing, the Grumiaux-Arrau duo here achieve an aristocratic reading which puts the brakes on an overly forward-thrust, and lives in the moment, as it were: an absolutely gorgeous programme of noble simplicity.
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The recorded sound is excellent with the instruments very well closely miked, sans reverb.
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Also recommended:
Ludwig van Beethoven: The Sonatas for Piano and Violin - Wilhelm Kempff / Wolfgang Schneiderhan
Complete Sonatas for Violin & Piano (4 CDs)
Beethoven - Complete Violin Sonatas Vols. 1&2 (4 CDs)
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas (Spring & Kreutzer )
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