Pierre Fouchenneret & Romain Descharmes – Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Piano & Violin (2016) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

The ten Sonatas for piano and violin constitute a monument of chamber music. The first nine, written over a short period, between 1798 and 1803 (the tenth would come later, in 1812), clearly illustrate the composer’s journey towards artistic maturity, from the influence of Mozart and Haydn in the first three sonatas towards a more complex, very modern language of which the ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata is a perfect example.

Pierre Fouchenneret, one of the foremost representatives of the young generation of violinists, a chamber player who has been singled out for numerous international prizes and distinctions, takes up the challenge of recording this major cycle in three concerts alongside pianist Romain Descharmes, ‘a marvel of class and purity’, as Christian Merlin so rightly described him. By their refreshing, profound and pertinent vision of these works, going in turn from fieriness to extreme poetry without ever losing sight of the necessary classicism of the style, they take us on a ‘non-stop’ journey to the peak, the heart of the Beethovenian universe, on the threshold of Romanticism. Magical!

Tracklist:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
CD1
01. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23: I. Presto
02. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23: II. Andante scherzoso, più allegretto
03. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23: III. Allegro molto
04. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 “Spring”: I. Allegro
05. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 “Spring”: II. Adagio molto espressivo
06. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 “Spring”: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
07. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 “Spring”: IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
08. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 2 in A Major, Op. 12: I. Allegro vivace
09. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 2 in A Major, Op. 12: II. Andante, più tosto allegretto
10. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 2 in A Major, Op. 12: III. Allegro piacevole
11. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12: I. Allegro con spirito
12. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12: II. Adagio con molt’espressione
13. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12: III. Rondo. Allegro molto
CD2
01. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12: I. Allegro con brio
02. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12: II. Tema con variazioni. Andante con moto
03. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12: III. Rondo. Allegro
04. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30: I. Allegro
05. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30: II. Adagio molto espressivo
06. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30: III. Allegretto con variazioni
07. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro con brio
08. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30: II. Adagio cantabile
09. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30: III. Scherzo. Allegro
10. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30: IV. Finale. Allegro-Presto
CD3
01. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30: I. Allegro assai
02. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30: II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
03. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30: III. Allegro vivace
04. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 “Kreutzer”: I. Adagio sostenuto-Presto
05. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 “Kreutzer”: II. Andante con variazioni
06. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 “Kreutzer”: III. Finale. Presto
07. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96: I. Allegro moderato
08. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96: II. Adagio espressivo
09. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96: III. Sherzo. Allegro-trio
10. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96: IV. Poco allegretto