This duo’s playing bursts with energy and good taste without short-changing the rawness that gives Beethoven its edge. It’s a substantial programme too: the third volume of the complete violin sonatas.

If, however, you are interested in discovering new artists and hearing a different take on works that loom large in the canon, Gatto and Libeer surely merit consideration. They can serve well as an addition to an established collection and even might satisfy some listeners as one’s only recording.

The general spirit is energetic and playful (sometimes boisterously so), and recorded in bright, transparent sound...But these are performances that appreciate that the violinist is accompanist as well as star...Nervous tension, rather than profundity, is the keynote of this disc. You’ll enjoy it if you like your Beethoven restless and sometimes raw.