Beethoven's violin sonatas reflect the great composer's determination to make the interrelationship between the violin and the piano a more intimate one. This collection includes all ten of the master's sonatas, including the famed Kreutzer and Spring sonatas, longtime favorites of violinists, pianists, and their audiences. Definitive Breitkopf & Härtel edition.
Reprint of the Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig edition.
"Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op.12, No. 1"
(dedicated to Antonio Salieri)
I: Allegro con brio
II: Tema con variazioni. Andante con moto
III: Rondo. Allegro
"Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op.12, No. 2"
(dedicated to Antonio Salieri)
I: Allegro vivace
II: "Andante, più toso Allegretto,"
III: Allegro piacevole
"Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 12., No. 3"
(dedicated to Antonio Salieri)
I: Allegro con spirito
II: Adagio con molt´ espressione
III: Rondo. Allegro molto
"Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op.23"
(dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries)
I: Presto
II: "Andante scherzoso, più Allegretto"
III: Allegretto molto
"Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major ("Spring"), Op. 24"
(dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries)
I: Allegro
II: Adagio molto espressivo
III: Scherzo. Allegro Molto
IV: Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
"Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30, No. 1"
(dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia)
I: Allegro
II: Adagio molto espressivo
III: Allegretto con Variazioni
"Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30, No. 2"
(dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia)
I: Allegro con brio
II: Adagio cantabile
III: Scherzo. Allegro
IV: Finale. Allegro
"Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3"
(dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia)
I: Allegro assai
II: Tempo di Minuetto
III: Allegro vivace
"Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Minor ("Kreutzer"), Op. 47"
(dedicated to Rodolphe Kreutzer)
I: Adagio sostenuto-Presto
II: Andante con Variazioni
III: Finale. Presto
"Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96"
(dedicated to Archduke Rudolph)
I: Allegro moderato
II: Adagio espressivo
III: Scherzo. Allegro
IV: Poco Allegretto