Beethoven Violin Sonatas Nos 2 and 10
Viktoria Mullova (violin), Alasdair Beatson (fortepiano)
My bet is that the first thing you'll notice about this recording is the sound of the instruments: we're no longer in the sleek world of Steinways and gleaming steel-string violins. Instead,...
Beethoven Violin Sonatas Nos 2 and 10
Viktoria Mullova (violin), Alasdair Beatson (fortepiano)
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My bet is that the first thing you'll notice about this recording is the sound of the instruments: we're no longer in the sleek world of Steinways and gleaming steel-string violins. Instead,...
About
Their third duo album on Signum Classics, Viktoria Mullova and Alasdair Beatson perform Beethoven’s Sonatas 2 and 10. Uniquely for the A Major sonata Op 12 No 2 they use a copy of an 1805 Walter (a Viennese fortepiano), and for Sonata No 10 op. 96 they use a copy of an 1819 graf, both by Paul McNulty. Together with violin strung with gut, these instruments are what Beethoven’s music craves, giving a rich texture and distinct colours between the registers.
Contents and tracklist
Work length26:29
This work is only available as an album download.
I. Allegro moderato
Track length10:16
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Awards and reviews
November 2025
My bet is that the first thing you'll notice about this recording is the sound of the instruments: we're no longer in the sleek world of Steinways and gleaming steel-string violins. Instead, ready yourself for rustic texture and bags of character...Once your ear has acclimatised, it might well be the energy and sheer brio that Mullova and Beatson bring to Beethoven's violin sonatas that hooks you in.
Awards Issue 2025
Yielding to none in sensitivity and imagination, Mullova and Beatson make an eloquent case for the more intimate, transparent sound world of period instruments. Roll on Volume 4.
18th September 2025
What is common to the performances of both sonatas is the sheer joie de vivre of the playing...The fine detail of both the violin and the keyboard playing is exquisite; the shape of every phrase, you feel, has been considered and weighted accordingly, without losing any sense of spontaneity, so the music never stales.
