Isabelle van Keulen & Hannes Minnaar - Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Piano and Violin (2014) [SACD]
Artist: Isabelle van Keulen & Hannes Minnaar
Title: Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Piano and Violin
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: Challenge Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: DST64 image (*.iso) 2.0 / 5.1
Total Time: 3:42:09
Total Size: 11.44 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Piano and Violin
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: Challenge Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: DST64 image (*.iso) 2.0 / 5.1
Total Time: 3:42:09
Total Size: 11.44 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
DISC 1
Sonata No. 1 in D major Op. 12/1:
1. Allegro con brio 08:01
2. Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto 06:34
3. Rondo: Allegro 04:27
Sonata No. 2 in A major Op. 12/2:
4. Allegro vivace 06:06
5. Andante, più tosto allegretto 05:26
6. Allegro piacevole 05:05
Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major Op. 12/3:
7. Allegro con spirito 07:37
8. Adagio con molta espressione 05:42
9. Rondo: Allegro molto 04:04
DISC 2
Sonata No. 4 in A minor Op. 23:
10. Presto 07:11
11. Andante scherzoso, più allegretto 07:54
12. Allegro molto 05:28
Sonata No. 5 in F major Op. 24, Frühling:
13. Allegro 09:38
14. Adagio molto espressivo 05:09
15. Scherzo: Allegro molto 01:13
16. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo 06:15
Sonata No. 6 in A major Op. 30/1:
17. Allegro 07:42
18. Adagio molto espressivo 06:21
19. Allegretto con variazioni 07:32
DISC 3
Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30/2:
20. Allegro con brio 07:38
21. Adagio cantabile 08:43
22. Scherzo: Allegro 03:46
23. Finale: Allegro; Presto 05:06
Sonata No. 8 in G major Op. 30/3:
24. Allegro assai 06:05
25. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso 07:04
26. Allegro vivace 03:29
Sonata No. 10 in G major Op. 96:
27. Allegro moderato 10:25
28. Adagio espressivo 05:52
29. Scherzo: Allegro 01:54
30. Poco allegretto 08:08
DISC 4
Sonata No. 9 in A minor Op. 47, Kreutzer:
31. Adagio sostenuto – Presto – Adagio 13:33
32. Andante con variazioni 14:55
33. Presto 08:31
This four-disc hybrid SACD set presents the complete works for piano and violin of Ludwig van Beethoven. The performers are the critically-acclaimed Dutch violinist Isabelle van Keuelen and the talented young compatriot, pianist Hannes Minnaar.
The original title given to the first edition of Beethoven's Sonata No. 9 opus 47 known as the Kreutzer Sonata, refers to the piece as a work for "pianoforte with violin obligato". This clearly shows Beethoven's revolutionary thinking on priorities as regards the piano-violin combination, a reflection it would seem of the fact that the composer saw the music as a vehicle for his own virtuoso skills on the keyboard. The first eight violin sonatas, opus 12, nos.1-3, opus 23 and 24, and opus 30, nos.1-3, were composed between 1798 and 1802, but then, after composing the "Kreutzer" Sonata in 1803 he set the genre aside until 1812, the year in which the opus 96 sonata in G major was written.
Isabelle van Keulen has an established reputation as a violinist and viola player of world-class stature. Over the last few years she has released recordings on Challenge Classics with the pianist Ronald Brautigam of music by Shostakovich, Richard Strauss, Respighi and Rota, Grieg, Elgar and Sibelius, Prokofiev, and with her own Isabelle van Keulen Ensemble, Piazzolla (Tango!).
Hannes Minnaar made his debut with the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Alessandro de Marchi at the age of 17. Since then he has performed with many leading orchestras including the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, and worked with conductors such as Marin Alsop, Herbert Blomstedt, and Frans Brüggen. In 2013 he made his first solo appearance with The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto. Hannes Minnaar is also active as a chamber musician and is a member of the award-winning Van Baerle Trio.
The original title given to the first edition of Beethoven's Sonata No. 9 opus 47 known as the Kreutzer Sonata, refers to the piece as a work for "pianoforte with violin obligato". This clearly shows Beethoven's revolutionary thinking on priorities as regards the piano-violin combination, a reflection it would seem of the fact that the composer saw the music as a vehicle for his own virtuoso skills on the keyboard. The first eight violin sonatas, opus 12, nos.1-3, opus 23 and 24, and opus 30, nos.1-3, were composed between 1798 and 1802, but then, after composing the "Kreutzer" Sonata in 1803 he set the genre aside until 1812, the year in which the opus 96 sonata in G major was written.
Isabelle van Keulen has an established reputation as a violinist and viola player of world-class stature. Over the last few years she has released recordings on Challenge Classics with the pianist Ronald Brautigam of music by Shostakovich, Richard Strauss, Respighi and Rota, Grieg, Elgar and Sibelius, Prokofiev, and with her own Isabelle van Keulen Ensemble, Piazzolla (Tango!).
Hannes Minnaar made his debut with the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Alessandro de Marchi at the age of 17. Since then he has performed with many leading orchestras including the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, and worked with conductors such as Marin Alsop, Herbert Blomstedt, and Frans Brüggen. In 2013 he made his first solo appearance with The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto. Hannes Minnaar is also active as a chamber musician and is a member of the award-winning Van Baerle Trio.