Beethoven: Sonatas For Violin and Piano Op. 12 No.1, Op. 24 & Op. 96

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Listening to Rachel Podger (on the ‘Mauri’ Strad) and Christopher Glynn (on an 1840 Erard) is like experiencing the music in the clear light of day for the first time. Gone are those texturally... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 25th Mar 2022
Catalogue No: CCSSA44222
Label: Channel
Length: 67 minutes

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Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1

Work length19:10

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Rachel Podger, Christopher Glynn

I. Allegro con brio

Track length8:06

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II. Tema con variazioni (Andante con moto)

Track length6:25

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III. Rondo. Allegro

Track length4:39

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Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 'Spring'

Work length22:05

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Rachel Podger, Christopher Glynn

I. Allegro

Track length8:59

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II. Adagio molto espressivo

Track length5:25

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III. Scherzo (Allegro molto - Trio)

Track length1:16

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IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length6:25

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Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96

Work length25:56

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Rachel Podger, Christopher Glynn

I. Allegro moderato

Track length10:15

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II. Adagio espressivo

Track length5:38

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III. Scherzo (Allegro - Trio)

Track length1:51

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IV. Poco Allegretto

Track length8:12

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Recording of the Week, Beethoven violin sonatas from Rachel Podger and Christopher Glynn

25th March 2022

Three snapshots from the beginning, middle and end of Beethoven's career trace his development of the violin sonata form from its Classical roots into new directions.

Rachel Podger, “the unsurpassed British glory of the baroque violin” (The Times), and Grammy award-winning pianist Christopher Glynn recorded Beethoven’s Sonatas for Violin and Piano nos. 1, 5 and 10. Following the critically acclaimed Mozart/Jones Sonatas Fragment Completions (2021), this Beethoven album marks Podger and Glynn’s second release together.

Reading about Ludwig van Beethoven as a performer usually brings up the inevitable stories about his characteristic and idiosyncratic piano playing in Vienna. But delving further into his early years in Bonn, we read that, as a musician at the court of the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, he was active as both organist and viola player. And when he left for Vienna in 1792 he was advised to take violin lessons with Ignaz Schuppanzigh.

Beethoven’s profound understanding of both the violin and the piano, and ability to combine them with astonishing invention and originality, is heard in ten sonatas. Three of which are performed on this new album.

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May 2022

Listening to Rachel Podger (on the ‘Mauri’ Strad) and Christopher Glynn (on an 1840 Erard) is like experiencing the music in the clear light of day for the first time. Gone are those texturally swamping instrumental resonances, while vibrato is employed exquisitely as a subtle colouration rather than as an expressive default.

April 2022

Surveys of the 10 sonatas on period instruments are considerably less rare than they once were but this selection – the inauguration of a cycle? – stands out for its individuality and a characteristic refusal to take the music at face value.

25th March 2022

We often hear about Beethoven the musical innovator, and rightly so, but it’s a rare privilege to be able to actually observe that innovation progressing. Podger and Glynn’s performances respond perfectly to the different ways he conceives the relationship between violin and piano, and allow us to hear the musical evolution of his sonatas unfolding before our ears.

Beethoven: Sonatas For Violin and Piano Op. 12 No.1, Op. 24 & Op. 96

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Recording of the Week, Beethoven violin sonatas from Rachel Podger and Christopher Glynn

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