Advantages: Thrilling, daredevil chamber music performances from the legendary Martha Argerich and partner-in-crime Gidon Kremer. Disadvantages: Violinist Kremer occasionally on the mannered, spastic side; only forty-three minutes of music.
...thorough introduction to Martha Argerich, you may want to read my other post (or you may not!):
http://www.ciao.co.uk/BachKeyboardWorksReview5359921
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CD Notes:
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 - 1827)
Sonata for Piano and Violin no. 4 in A minor, op. 23
1. (1) Presto 6’56
2. (2) Andante scherzoso più Allegretto 7’20
3. (3) Allegro molto 5’15
Sonata for Piano and Violin no. 5 in F major, op. 24 "Frühlings-Sonate" ["Spring"]
4. (1) Allegro 9’41
5. (2) Adagio molto espressivo 6’02
6. (3) Scherzo. Allegro molto 1’19
7. (4) Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo 6’34
MARTHA ARGERICH, Piano
GIDON KREMER, Violin
Deutsche Grammophon
(P) 1987 43’23
417 787-2
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(Performances for comparison:)
From:
BEETHOVEN
The Violin Sonatas
ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER
LAMBERT ORKIS
Compact Disc 2
Sonatas op. 23 & op. 24
"Spring Sonata...
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Advantages: a new take on a familiar warhorse Disadvantages: is it worth full price?
...even the piano, Beethoven was, after all, a pianist himself and hated to see a good tune go unplayed by himself) but after a while, when the first shock wears off, the thing actually works quite well. Pletnev did have to make concessions, of course, a little transposition here, a minor rewrite there, but on the whole Beethoven's Clarinet Concerto (as the booklet cheerfully bills it)is a totally credible addition to the repertoire. It comes too late, unfortunately, for the great Gervase de Peyer, but it will be snapped up quite happily by the likes of Sabine Meyer and other relative youngsters.
That said, I suspect the names Pletnev and Collins made it imperative for this recording to be issued on a full-price luxury label like DG. As a curiosity (which it will always be, in spite of its quality) it might have more logically appeared...
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Advantages: Everything you could ever want from a classical CD Disadvantages: none
...Beethoven
5. Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
6. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor
Composed by Sir Edward Elgar
7. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
8. Concierto de Aranjuez
Composed by Joaquín Rodrigo
9. Swan Lake
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
10. Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" in E minor
Composed by Antonín Dvorák
11. Variations on an Original Theme, 'Enigma'
Composed by Sir Edward Elgar
12. Sonata for Piano No. 14, 'Moonlight' in C sharp minor
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
13. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in C minor
Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
14. Adagio for Strings
Composed by Samuel Barber
15. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21, "Elvira M in C
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
16...
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