BEETHOVEN, L. van: Violin Sonata No. 9: II. Andante con variazioni (arr. P. Struck) (Miclen LaiPang, LGT Young Soloists, Gilman)
Soloist:
LaiPang, Miclen
Ensemble:
LGT Young Soloists
Conductor:
Gilman, Alexander
Composer:
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47, "Kreutzer" (arr. P. Struck for violin and string ensemble)
Venue: Teldex Studio, Berlin
Date of Concert: 01-2020
Playing Time: 00:13:17
Catalogue Number: NVF1255
UPC: 730099625517
After a quarrel with virtuoso violinist George Bridgetower, Beethoven dedicated Sonata No. 9 to the French violinist Rodolphe Kreutzer, who is known to players as the author of the Kreutzer Etudes. Unfortunately, Rodolphe Kreutzer never performed the Sonata: to him, a famous violin teacher, it seemed unplayable.
Featuring the second movement, which unfolds multi-faceted variations with an underlying pastoral mood. In the first variation the string ensemble is dominant, while the solo violinist shines in the second, a pizzicato accompaniment from the strings adding charming tonal colour. The third variation plays out in a minor key, while in the fourth, the theme dissolves into figures and trills, to an intricate accompaniment by the string ensemble.
