Beethoven: Sonatas 6, 1 and 8

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Their second duo album on Signum Classics, Viktoria Mullova and Alasdair Beatson perform Beethoven’s Sonatas 6, 1 and 8. Just as in previous recordings, they use a copy of an 1805 Walter (a Viennese fortepiano) 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.

 ★★★★ “‘Optimistic, ebullient and inexhaustibly inventive’ is how the pianist Alasdair Beatson describes the three Beethoven sonatas on this disc – and that is exactly how they come across in these performances with the violinist Viktoria Mullova. The sense of rustic abandon they create in this work is infectiously gleeful.” – The Guardian

 ★★★★★ Recording ★★★ Performance “Their dazzling playing captures all the music’s wit and brilliance” – BBC Music Magazine

 

SKU: SIGCD794

Viktoria Mullova

Alasdair Beatson


Release date: 03/05/24

Catalogue number: SIGCD794

 

[01] Violin Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 30 No. 1: I. Allegro
[02] Violin Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 30 No. 1: II. Adagio molto espressivo
[03] Violin Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 30 No. 1: III. Allegretto con variazioni
[04] Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1: I. Allegro con brio
[05] Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1: II. Andante con moto. Tema con variazioni
[06] Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegro
[07] Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3: I. Allegro assai
[08] Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3: II. Tempo di Minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
[09] Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3: III. Allegro vivace

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