Beethoven: Violin Sonata Op.96 & Op. 25 David Abel / Julie Steinberg SKU: AAPC8315 Barcode: 753088831515 40.00 £40.00 Genre: Classical Label: Analogue Productions (Wilson Audiophile) Released Date: 11th November 2016 Buying Format: 200g 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio Plated and pressed at Quality Record Pressings Stereophile’s “Recording of the Month” for February 1984 “Imagine, if you can, a private recital in your own home by two consummate artists who play these works for their own delight as much as for yours. Imagine sound so completely and disarmingly natural that after 30 seconds you’re unaware it’s reproduced. That’s what this record is all about.” — Stereophile, February 1984 David Abel, violin, Julie Steinberg, piano. This composition occupies a special place among Beethoven’s creations because it shows a unique quality: there is an Olympian elegance, a profound gentleness that pervades the entire work. Nowhere does Beethoven the earth shaker appear. Even the scherzo movement does not disturb this sustained thoughtfulness. Violin and piano begin trading short thematic statements in quick exchange from the first notes of the first movement. Parallel arpeggios create a growing intensity. The middle section of the movement is characterized by abrupt modulations and an increased pace of exchanges. A striking procedure is the use of a seemingly interminable trill, nearly heartstopping in its intensity. The second movement, Adagio expressivo, one of Beethoven’s floating Adagios, is based on the compulsion of a slow intense bass movement. The serenity of this movement is not disturbed by elaborate decoration from both instruments. And this stillness is further emphasized by a fourteen measure repeating pedal point (nearly one fifth of the movement) which closes it. The Scherzo sustains the serious character of the entire work. The last movement begins not only with a quick alternation of themes between the violin and piano, but a soft and loud alternation, as well, which adds to the feeling of growing intensity. An interrupted rondo is the plan, but the interruptions are of a major kind: another sensuous adagio and a daring fugato lead to a presto outburst concluding the movement. David Wilson had already recorded piano by the time he began working with world-class musicians Steinberg and Abel in the Mills College Concert Hall in Oakland, California, though it was the first time he recorded a violin. Experimenting with different microphone positions in an attempt to capture what he calls the “delicious geometry” of sound emanating from Abel’s Guarneri and Steinberg’s Hamburg Steinway D, he ended up hanging his Schoeps CMC-36 microphones from a ladder high above the instruments. Of the results, he says, “I’d put the recording up against any chamber music recording. It has to be my favorite.” Reached at their home in Oakland, Steinberg and Abel, whose trio with percussionist William Winant has commissioned music from the likes of John Harbison, Lou Harrison, Paul Dresher, Somei Satoh, and Gordon Mumma (for starters), reminisced about their time with Wilson. “The session was free of the time pressure and tension that can really get in the way of the final outcome,” says Abel. “If we wanted to stop for a bite, or go outside to rest for a while, that was not a problem… Dave kept open to what was happening in the moment, as in a concert. He understood about not making a ‘perfect’ recording, and instead left the small imperfections… that make the final result sound human and real. One could not ask for better.” Artist David Abel / Julie Steinberg Genre Classical Label Analogue Productions (Wilson Audiophile) Buying Options 200g 1LP Format 1LP , 200g Condition New Country United States of America Track Listings 1. Violin Sonata No.10 in G Major, Op. 96 – I. Allegro moderato play 2. Violin Sonata No.10 in G Major, Op. 96 – II. Adagio espressivo play 3. Violin Sonata No.10 in G Major, Op. 96 – III. Scherzo Allegro play 4. Violin Sonata No.10 in G Major, Op. 96 – IV. Poco allegretto play 5. Violin Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 25, “Dans le caractere populaire roumain” - I. Moderato malinconico play 6. Violin Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 25, “Dans le caractere populaire roumain” – II. Andante sostenuto e misterioso play 7. Violin Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 25, “Dans le caractere populaire roumain” – III. 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