Release Date: 24 May 2024
Label: C-Avi
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 4260085535088
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
Antje Weithaas completes her survey of Beethoven's Violin Sonatas.
Within a very short time of about 10 years Beethoven's technique of composing developed rapidly. The artists of this recording wanted to show the comparison between earlier and later pieces.
RECORDING OF THE MONTH – GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE, JUNE 2024
"So far as these sonatas are concerned, Weithaas and Várjon allow you to learn, listen and love as never before" – Gramophone
RECORD OF THE WEEK, BBC RADIO 3 RECORD REVIEW
"the end of a series of Beethoven violin sonatas I've enjoyed enormously over the last year for their sense of discovery, spontaneity, and the sheer delight in Beethoven's invention. […] It's been worth the wait. From the silvery beauty of the opening, so fresh and song-like, to the hushed intimacy of the slow movement making time stand still." – BBC Radio 3, Record Review (Andrew McGregor)
"[the series] has been consistently rewarding I think, full of life and curiosity, playful and thoughtful […]. They seem to echo and finish each other's musical sentences with such intimacy and understanding." – BBC Radio 3, Record Review (Andrew McGregor)
"Whether in the first sonata or in the last (and here especially in the first movement), the nuances that Weithaas elicits from her instrument are finely attuned to the expressiveness of the music, and Varjon's playing, his art of listening to his partner, taking the lead and returning it, is quite extraordinary, as everything happens with the greatest naturalness and spontaneity." – Pizzicato, 5 STARS
Tracklisting
Andreas Willwohl & Daniel Heide
Laurence Kilsby & Ella O'Neill
Kilian Herold, Barbara Buntrock, Florian Donderer, Tanja Tetzlaff
Kathrin Zukowski, KammerMusikKoln
Katharina Konradi, Catriona Morison, Ammiel Bushakevitz
Antje Weithaas, Denes Varjon
Premysl Vojta, Florence Millet, Ye Wu
Herbert Schuch, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
Antje Weithaas & Denes Varjon
Antje Weithaas & Denes Varjon
