Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 9- Kreutzer, & 10, Op. 47,96 [Import]

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Gidon Kremer (Performer), Martha Argerich (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Gidon Kremer, Martha Argerich
• Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
• Audio CD (April 9, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Deutsche Grammophon
• ASIN: B000001GPH
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,177 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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30 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best violin sonata no.9 that I ever heard, March 20, 2000

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kim so jin (south korea) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 9- Kreutzer, & 10, Op. 47,96 (Audio CD)

At first, I have to say that I'm not a native speaker. so i'm not good at expressing my opinion on this incredible disc fluently as you, Americans do. so please take this in consideration. I have all these beethoven viloin sonata by kremer/argercich. and of all those discs, this one including no.9 is the best. the character of kremer's violin,powerful,somewhat hysterical,is so fit well to this sonata. kremer's technique, as you 're very aware, is incredible. and argerich's piano , not only supportive but also contending is, I think, going along with beethoven's composition intension. if you expect to listen to some powerful, inspiring and knock-out music , then BUY IT! For me, this is my favorite kremer disc.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sensitive, Romantic Beethoven, October 21, 2006

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HB "HB" (Fort Mill, SC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 9- Kreutzer, & 10, Op. 47,96 (Audio CD)

I bought this CD for the 10th Sonata, as I already had two versions of the famous Kreutzer. However, both performances are really superb. Kremer is a great violinist. He does not avoid controversy. Just listen to his recording of the Brahms Violin Concerto with its outrageous cadenza and you will know what I mean. However, in this recording he plays the music straight and the results are quite beautiful. A wonderful recording of two great masterpieces.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Whose side are you on?, December 21, 2007

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Mr. Ian George Fraser "Nonsmokinjoe" (Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 9- Kreutzer, & 10, Op. 47,96 (Audio CD)

As I expected it might, this recording divides critical opinion. The Beethoven Op.47 "Kreutzer" Sonata is such a famous piece that its groundbreaking characteristics are often forgotten. Often abandoning classical tradition, especially in the slow movement "Theme and Variations", it is a piece to be listened to with wonder and amazement, even long after its composition and I would rank it alongside Schubert's "Trout" as one of the most delightful and listenable of all classical chamber works.

The performers Martha Argerich and Gidon Kremer are two virtuoso soloists renowned for their extreme technical ability and fast pace. How ever would they perform together? Right from the outset the only word to describe this duet is "electric". Their playing is both light and brilliant, very far from the more "romantic" playing of say, Menuhin and Kempff, it is at once classical and extremely dashing and I have to say almost unique of all the performances I have heard of this wonderful piece for its sheer brilliance. In the 20/21st century tradition it is full of extreme dramatic contrast and if at times one does get the impression that each is trying to outdo the other in technical excellence, this was after all also an aspect of many "romantic" performances and gives this piece an almost concerto-like quality. Every time I listen to it I marvel. The almost filigree quality of the slow movement and the subtle changes of rhythm and emphasis are a true musical wonder. It's not the most philosophical or reflective of recordings I have ever heard - Kremer and Argerich were enjoying their personal battle too much for that - and I can see why some people don't like it, but for me at any rate it has to rank among the most enjoyable. There will certainly be no yawns, whatever you think!

The Sonata No.10 is more solid Beethoven and less flashy. I feel that Argerich and Kremer felt their opportunities here more limited and the solid, classical performance is faultless if a trifle underweight. But on the strength of the dazzling "Kreutzer" this gets my 5 stars.