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Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 5 & 8 / Waley-Cohen, Watkins
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Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 5 & 8 / Waley-Cohen, Watkins

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Details

Composer
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
Artist
Waley-Cohen, Watkins
Format
CD
Label
Signum Classics
Released
Jun 26, 2020
Catalog #
SIGCD618
UPC
635212061824

About

Tamsin Waley-Cohen and Huw Watkins return with the start of a Beethoven Violin Sonata Cycle – here recording the 1st, 5th and 8th sonatas. Gramophone Magazine said “The heart gives a little leap at the prospect of...a duo as engaging and intelligent as Tamsin Waley-Cohen and Huw Watkins.” This cycle is sure to be one of the highlights of Signum’s year, as well as of Beethoven 250. Beethoven’s twelve violin sonatas add up to a comprehensive exploration of the possibilities and potential of writing for the two instruments on equal terms – possibilities that he was ideally placed to understand. The three sonatas on this recording are waypoints on a journey, crafted by a composer who was both violinist and pianist, and who never ceased exploring the practical possibilities of the instruments for which he wrote.

REVIEW:

Their complementary personalities meet most harmoniously in the Spring Sonata’s Adagio, where Watkins draws an appealing, fortepiano-like resonance from the piano and Waley-Cohen’s phrasing taps the music’s pastoral roots. Each of the three sonatas inhabits its own costume, made to measure.

–Gramophone (Editor's Choice, August 2020)

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro con brio 09:28
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    09:28
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Huw Watkins
  2. 2 II. Theme and Variations: Andante con moto 07:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Theme and Variations: Andante con moto
    Duration
    07:20
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Huw Watkins
  3. 3 III. Rondo: Allegro 04:50
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Huw Watkins
  4. 4 I. Allegro 10:08
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    10:08
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Huw Watkins
  5. 5 II. Adagio molto espressivo 06:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio molto espressivo
    Duration
    06:10
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Huw Watkins
  6. 6 III. Scherzo: Allegro molto 01:08
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro molto
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Huw Watkins
  7. 7 IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo 07:10
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    07:10
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Huw Watkins
  8. 8 I. Allegro assai 06:06
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro assai
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Huw Watkins
  9. 9 II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso 07:47
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
    Duration
    07:47
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Huw Watkins
  10. 10 III. Allegro vivace 03:32
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Huw Watkins