Label: Challenge Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917286021
Catalog number: CC 72860
Releasedate: 06-11-20
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917286021
Releasedate: 06-11-20
- First volume of a new complete survey of Beethoven’s Piano and Violin Sonatas.
- Foyle-Štšura already released a disc for Challenge in 2018. A disc devoted to Sonats written at the time of WWI (CC 72786). BBCMM: Foyle's playing is remarkable in its accuracy, tonal focus and impressive range of musical options.
- Foyle-Štšura Duo was formed in 2012 and won the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Duo Competition and the Salieri-Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition in 2015.
- Foyle-Štšura already released a disc for Challenge in 2018. A disc devoted to Sonats written at the time of WWI (CC 72786). BBCMM: Foyle's playing is remarkable in its accuracy, tonal focus and impressive range of musical options.
- Foyle-Štšura Duo was formed in 2012 and won the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Duo Competition and the Salieri-Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition in 2015.
Michael Foyle: Exploring these Sonatas in 2020 took on a deeper significance beyond the anniversary celebrations. Recording all ten in Mechelen, Belgium, the home of Beethoven’s paternal ancestors, with much of the world’s population in isolation, his works revealed new layers of emotional intensity and psychological relevance.
The Op. 12 Sonatas belong to the last decade of the eighteenth century, a period when Beethoven was conquering Vienna as the foremost keyboard virtuoso of the day but simultaneously seeking to have his compositions published for the first time. In essence, classical duo sonatas for piano and strings had grown from the eighteenth-century ‘accompanied’ sonatas, in which the string instrument provided a supportive role to the keyboard’s dominating textures. Here we witness a gradual incorporation of a ‘dramatic dialogue’ (to borrow Simon P. Keefe’s term) between instruments which had previously been more important in concerto writing.
Beethoven’s Sonata No. 5 in F major Op. 24 is described by musicologist Angus Watson as ‘an exquisite testament to Beethoven’s profoundly religious feeling for the natural world.’
The Op. 12 Sonatas belong to the last decade of the eighteenth century, a period when Beethoven was conquering Vienna as the foremost keyboard virtuoso of the day but simultaneously seeking to have his compositions published for the first time. In essence, classical duo sonatas for piano and strings had grown from the eighteenth-century ‘accompanied’ sonatas, in which the string instrument provided a supportive role to the keyboard’s dominating textures. Here we witness a gradual incorporation of a ‘dramatic dialogue’ (to borrow Simon P. Keefe’s term) between instruments which had previously been more important in concerto writing.
Beethoven’s Sonata No. 5 in F major Op. 24 is described by musicologist Angus Watson as ‘an exquisite testament to Beethoven’s profoundly religious feeling for the natural world.’
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1Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12, No. 1.I. Allegro con brio06:32
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2Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12, No. 1.II. Tema con Variazioni: Andante con moto07:01
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3Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12, No. 1.III. Rondo: Allegro05:10
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4Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 12, No. 2I. Allegro vivace04:46
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5Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 12, No. 2II. Andante più tosto Allegretto04:50
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6Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 12, No. 2III. Allegro piacévole05:36
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7Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23I. Presto05:20
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8Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23II. Andante scherzoso05:49
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9Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23III. Allegro molto05:55
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10Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 ‘Spring’I. Allegro07:37
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11Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 ‘Spring’II. Adagio molto espressivo05:04
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12Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 ‘Spring’III. Scherzo: Allegro molto01:21
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13Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 ‘Spring’IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo06:37