Beethoven - Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2
The Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor by Ludwig van Beethoven, the second of his Op. 30 set, was composed between 1801 and 1802, published in May 1803, and dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia. It has four movements:
Allegro con brio (in C minor)Adagio cantabile (in A-flat major)Scherzo: Allegro (in C major)Finale: Allegro; Presto (in C minor)The work's opening movement is the first of Beethoven's sonata first movements that does not repeat the exposition. The development section contains a theme not found in the exposition (this happens in earlier compositions such as the fourth violin sonata also). The work takes approximately 26 minutes to perform.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_Sonata_No._7_(Beethoven)
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The Allegro con spirito of the Third Sonata – Op. 1 2 No 3 – is permeated by a bounding optimism which this pair nicely catch, and they bring out the poetry of the Adagio, darkening the piano’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Chamber
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In terms of their dramatic rethinking of texture, balance, articulation and expression, these performances form a vital part of the bracingly fresh interpretative emphasis on this music evinced... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, Chamber Choice
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It can easily be tempting for performers to emphasise the lyrical character of the first movement of the Spring Sonata at the expense of its more dramatic side. That’s not a charge which can... — More…
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[No. 10] seems especially apt to the contained luminosity of James Ehnes’s violin playing, the pristine pianism of Andrew Armstrong and their remarkable rapport, playing as if one…Recorded in... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Chamber
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this new cycle is unfailingly musical, and it can hold its own with the best of its predecessors. In particular the French players' performance of the last and greatest sonata, Op. 96...is as... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2010, Editor's Choice
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Although Beethoven designated these works as 'for piano and violin', following Mozart's example, it's unlikely that he thought of the piano as leading the proceedings, or the violin either,... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2002, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Grammy Awards, 21st Awards (1978), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Special offer. Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-10
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin) & Alexander Melnikov (piano)
…the most stimulating and fascinating accounts of the Beethoven violin sonatas I have heard in many years. Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov bring out the full quirkiness of the earlier... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2010, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - Chamber
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Conversationalist Beethoven, this – meaning that two very different voices (Midori, gentle; Thibaudet, assertive) bring their individual qualities to each score without compromise. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Adolf Busch & The Busch Quartet: The Complete Warner Recordings
RecommendedAdolf Busch (violin)
The Busch Quartet
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Gramophone Awards, 1987, Winner - Historic non-vocal
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Building a Library, January 2017, Recommended recording (historic/mono)
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Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vog t make a formidable team: technically right at the top of their game (Tetzlaff’s bow control is phenomenal), and yet at the same time always managing to convey... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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