Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Eugene Istomin (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Eugene Istomin
• Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
• Audio CD (April 9, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002A8U
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #248,404 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in D major, Op. 12/1: 1. Allegro con brio

2. Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in D major, Op. 12/1: 2. Tema con variazioni

3. Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in D major, Op. 12/1: 3. Rondo. Allegro

4. Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in A major, Op. 12/2: 1. Allegro vivace

5. Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in A major, Op. 12/2: 2. Andante piů tosto allegretto

6. Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in A major, Op. 12/2: 3. Allegro piacévole

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Disc: 2

1. Sonata for violin & piano No. 6 in A major, Op. 30/1: 1. Allegro

2. Sonata for violin & piano No. 6 in A major, Op. 30/1: 2. Adagio molto espressivo

3. Sonata for violin & piano No. 6 in A major, Op. 30/1: 3. Allegretto con variazioni

4. Sonata for violin & piano No. 7 in C minor ('Eroica'), Op. 30/2: 1. Allegro con brio

5. Sonata for violin & piano No. 7 in C minor ('Eroica'), Op. 30/2: 2. Adagio cantabile

6. Sonata for violin & piano No. 7 in C minor ('Eroica'), Op. 30/2: 3. Scherzo. Allegro

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Disc: 3

1. Sonata for violin & piano No. 5 in F major ('Spring'), Op. 24: 1. Allegro

2. Sonata for violin & piano No. 5 in F major ('Spring'), Op. 24: 2. Adagio molto espressivo

3. Sonata for violin & piano No. 5 in F major ('Spring'), Op. 24: 3. Scherzo. Allegro molto

4. Sonata for violin & piano No. 5 in F major ('Spring'), Op. 24: 4. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo

5. Sonata for violin & piano No. 8 in G major, Op. 30/3: 1. Allegro assai

6. Sonata for violin & piano No. 8 in G major, Op. 30/3: 2. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso

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Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At the top!, March 14, 2003

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Avrohom Leichtling (Monsey, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas (Audio CD)

The 10 Beethoven Sonatas are absolute staples of the violinists' repertory - and they are all served here in excellent performances by Isaac Stern and Eugene Istomin. Although my preferance would have been to have these works presented in chronological order - that is of little concern when confronted, so to say, with such absolute mastery of violinist's art. Istomin's contribution is no less the equal of Stern's. I wish the repeat in the first movement of the Kreutzer sonata was taken - for this massive piece, with its unusually long first movement introduction, needs the structural balance of the repeated exposition. Yehudi Menuhin's set (which spans four CDs), in every respect comparable to Stern's, is a little more complete in that respect. But, no matter, Stern's playing is solid, lyrical, flexible and "in-your-face" by turns, all of it wholly appropriate to Beethoven's music whose attributes are one in the same. A feast for the ears (and an intelligent one at that)!

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars superb, May 8, 2002

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Wilson Pruitt (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas (Audio CD)

this will be a dinko review of an excellent recording but i am sorry.

This is a great recording that i purchased after the untimely demise of the soloist, and it has never let me down. I am not the keenest ear for the violin, nor the biggest fan of violin sonatas, but I love Beethoven and Stern and if you do to, you will not be disapointed.