Lorenzo Gatto & Julien Libeer – Beethoven: Violin Sonatas No. 1, 10 & 5 “Spring” (2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

‘Building on the success of their first disc of Beethoven violin sonatas (ALPHA240), which won a Diapason d’Or of the year (the magazine hailed ‘the birth of a great duo’) and ‘Choc’ de Classica, Lorenzo Gatto and Julien Libeer continue their complete recording of the cycle. ‘Beethoven’s sonatas have become the core of our musical lives. Rehearsed, tried out in concert, given a rest, rehearsed again.’ Since performing the entire cycle over three consecutive evenings at Flagey in Brussels in 2016, they have played them repeatedly, and they met again at the end of 2017, at the Hilversum studio in Amsterdam, to record three more sonatas: ‘Surprise, even now? . . . Anyone who frequents Beethoven for a long time is no longer surprised to be surprised. For him, everything is coherent, but nothing is written in advance.’ So they experiment here again and Julien has chosen a piano with parallel stringing: ‘The resonance of Chris Maene Straight Strung illuminates this music in a subtly different way. We enjoy ourselves.’ (Lorenzo Gatto, Julien Libeer)

Tracklist:
01. Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12, No. 1: I. Allegro con brio
02. Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12, No. 1: II. Tema con variazioni. Andante con moto
03. Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12, No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegro
04. Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96: I. Allegro moderato
05. Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96: II. Adagio espressivo
06. Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96: III. Scherzo. Allegro-Trio
07. Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96: IV. Poco allegretto
08. Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 “Spring”: I. Allegro
09. Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 “Spring”: II. Adagio molto espressivo
10. Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 “Spring”: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
11. Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 “Spring”: IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo

Personnel:
Lorenzo Gatto (violin)
Julien Libeer (piano)

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