Susan Kagan, Eric Grossman - Ries: 3 Sonatas for Violin & Piano (2015) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 8 No. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo
02. Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 8 No. 1: II. Allegretto vivace
03. Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 8 No. 1: III. Larghetto
04. Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 8 No. 1: IV. Rondo. Allegretto quasi allegro
05. Violin Sonata in C Minor, Op. 8 No. 2: I. Allegro con spirito
06. Violin Sonata in C Minor, Op. 8 No. 2: II. Adagio cantabile
07. Violin Sonata in C Minor, Op. 8 No. 2: III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando
08. Violin Sonata in F Minor, Op. 19: I. Largo espressivo-Allegro agitato
09. Violin Sonata in F Minor, Op. 19: II. Andante
10. Violin Sonata in F Minor, Op. 19: III. Allegro


Ferdinand Ries was Beethoven’s student, close friend and biographer. He was a gifted and prolific composer whose works, like those of many other composers of his time, were largely overshadowed by Beethoven’s presence. Ries’s music was widely known and admired in his lifetime, and his 18 Violin Sonatas are models of the Viennese Classical style established by Mozart. The pastoral character of the first Sonata, Op. 8 is enlivened through the unusual appearance of a fugue, while the second of the pair features a lovely, serene Adagio cantabile. The large-scale drama of the Grande Sonata, Op. 19 links it to Beethoven’s Appassionata.

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