James Ehnes, Andrew Armstrong - Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos 7 & 10

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: ONYX4209
Barcode: 0880040420927
Release Date: 11th December 2020
Genre: Classical

 This, the final release in the complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas, from James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong, will be eagerly awaited by their fans. The earlier albums (Nos.9 ‘Kreutzer’ & 6) and (Nos.1-3, Variations WoO40) received outstanding reviews. Gramophone said of the latter, “With some discs, you can just tell that everything’s going to go like a dream.” The third in the series (Nos 4, 5 & 8) received similar praise: “The
freshness and spontaneity of these interpretations is unfaltering, as is the instantaneous rapport and subtle, crystal-clear tonal beauty of the pair’s
playing,” wrote the reviewer in Gramophone, “which leaves me in something of a dilemma when it comes to describing a disc that shares the same qualities in such generous abundance that it’s hard to listen without smiling.”
 On this new album the dramatic 7th Sonata of 1802 is paired with the serene 10th composed in 1812 for the great violinist Pierre Rode.
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Tracklisting:
Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30/2: I. Allegro con brio
Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30/2: II. Adagio cantabile
Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30/2: III. Scherzo (Allegro)
Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30/2: IV. Finale (Allegro)
Violin Sonata No.10 in G Major, Op. 96: I. Allegro moderato
Violin Sonata No.10 in G Major, Op. 96: II. Adagio espressivo
Violin Sonata No.10 in G Major, Op. 96: III. Scherzo (Allegro)
Violin Sonata No.10 in G Major, Op. 96: IV. Poco allegretto

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