Beethoven's op.30 violin and piano sonatas are three irresistibly lively and individual spirits in the hands and imaginations of Martha Argerich and Gidon Kremer. The first, in A major, has that particular quality of blithe and elusive joy reminiscent of the Spring Sonata, and created here by the lightest and truest touch on string and key, fused with bright rhythmic clarity. The slow movement is a tremulous song of long-forgotten, far-off things, in which violin and piano find an intimate balance of tone. The G major Sonata's centrepiece is it's Minuet and Trio, which Argerich and Kremer cunningly tease and charm into revealing it's archaic qualities: a dance glimpsed through a lace veil. It is framed by two fast movements that would identify their performers anywhere, with their high-voltage velocity and wittily imaginative anticipation of each other's every move. (Gramophone)

180g Audiophile Virgin Vinyl

Double LP

Recorded in Montreux, Auditorium Stravinski, 12/1993

From the Original Masters of Universal Music

Audiophile Analogue Mastering by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios

Pressed at Optimal Media GmbH in Germany

3 Sides of Music

First Time Ever on Vinyl

Gatefold Jacket with Obi Strip

Import

Musicians

Martha Argerich piano

Gidon Kremer violin

Selections

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Sonatas for Piano and Violin (nos. 6-8)

Side 1 - Sonate A-dur, op.30 Nr.1:

Allegro

Adagio molto espressivo

Allegretto con Variazioni (I-VI)

Side 2 - Sonate c-moll, op. 30 Nr. 2:

Allegro con brio

Adagio cantabile

Scherzo. Allegro

Finale. Allegro - Presto

Side 3 - Sonate G-dur, op. 30 Nr. 3:

Allegro assai

Tempo di Minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso

Allegro vivace