Sonatas for Violin & Piano - Beethoven - Schubert - Grieg - F. Kreisler (violin) and S. Rachmaninov (piano)

ID: MELCD1002089 (EAN: 4600317120895)  | 1 CD | ADD
Released in: 2013

LABEL:

Melodiya

Collection:

Chamber Music

Subcollection:

Piano and Violin

Composers:

BEETHOVEN, Ludwig Van | GRIEG, Edvard Hagerup | SCHUBERT, Franz (Peter)

Interprets:

KREISLER, Fritz (violin) | RACHMANINOV, Sergey Vasil'yevich (piano)

Other info:

Melodiya presents a unique album of violin sonatas of Edvard Grieg and Ludwig van Beethoven, and a duet for violin and piano of Franz Schubert performed by Kreisler and Rachmaninoff. The recordings were made in the 1928 in the United States.

It is probably difficult to think of another ensemble of the same scale where each of the partners is a great musician who has reached the pinnacle of perfection in his art and a composer with his own unique style.


Beethoven:
Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3
Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3

Grieg:
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45

Schubert:
Grand Duo for Violin and Piano in A Major, D574

Fritz Kreisler (violin) & Rachmaninov (piano)