Violin Sonatas

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Gabriel Fauré & César Franck & Claude Debussy & Zino Francescatti & Robert Casadesus

The Violin Sonatas are a collection of works for violin and piano by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1797 and 1812. These sonatas range from early Classical forms to pieces that anticipate Romantic harmonic language and expanded technical demands, charting Beethoven's development as a composer across his early and middle periods.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Sonata no. 1 in D major, op. 12 no. 1: I. Allegro con brio
    6:02
  2. 2.
    Sonata no. 1 in D major, op. 12 no. 1: II. Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto
    6:38
  3. 3.
    Sonata no. 1 in D major, op. 12 no. 1: III. Rondo: Allegro
    4:32
  4. 4.
    Sonata no. 2 in A major, op. 12 no. 2: I. Allegro vivace
    5:45
  5. 5.
    Sonata no. 2 in A major, op. 12 no. 2: II. Andante più tosto allegretto
    4:32
  6. 6.
    Sonata no. 2 in A major, op. 12 no. 2: III. Allegro piacevole
    5:14
  7. 7.
    Sonata no. 3 in E-flat major, op. 12 no. 3: I. Allegro con spirito
    5:45
  8. 8.
    Sonata no. 3 in E-flat major, op. 12 no. 3: II. Adagio con molt' espressione
    5:19
  9. 9.
    Sonata no. 3 in E-flat major, op. 12 no. 3: III. Rondo: Allegro molto
    4:02

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Sonata no. 4 in A minor, op. 23: I. Presto
    4:51
  2. 3.
    Sonata no. 4 in A minor, op. 23: II. Andante scherzoso, più Allegretto
    5:05
  3. 4.
    Sonata no. 4 in A minor, op. 23: III. Allegro molto
    5:31
  4. 5.
    Sonata no. 6 in A major, op. 30, no. 1: I. Allegro
    5:40
  5. 6.
    Sonata no. 6 in A major, op. 30, no. 1: II. Adagio molto espressivo
    7:21
  6. 7.
    Sonata no. 6 in A major, op. 30, no. 1: III. Allegretto con variazioni
    7:19
  7. 8.
    Sonata no. 7 in C minor, op. 30, no. 2: I. Allegro con brio
    7:15
  8. 9.
    Sonata no. 7 in C minor, op. 30, no. 2: II. Adagio cantabile
    8:40
  9. 10.
    Sonata no. 7 in C minor, op. 30, no. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro
    3:03
  10. 11.
    Sonata no. 7 in C minor, op. 30, no. 2: IV. Finale. Allegro
    5:04
  11. 12.
    Sonata no. 8 in G major, op. 30, no. 3: I. Allegro assai
    5:50
  12. 13.
    Sonata no. 8 in G major, op. 30, no. 3: II. Tempo di menuetto ma molto moderato e grazioso
    6:57
  13. 14.
    Sonata no. 8 in G major, op. 30, no. 3: III. Allegro vivace
    3:25

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring": I. Allegro
    7:05
  2. 4.
    Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring": II. Adagio molto espressivo
    4:55
  3. 5.
    Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring": III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
    1:10
  4. 6.
    Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring": IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
    6:25
  5. 7.
    Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer": I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto
    10:44
  6. 8.
    Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer": II. Andante con variazioni
    14:17
  7. 9.
    Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer": III. Finale. Presto
    6:27
  8. 10.
    Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96: Allegro moderato
    9:34
  9. 11.
    Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96: Adagio espressivo
    5:55
  10. 12.
    Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96: Scherzo. Allegro
    1:50
  11. 13.
    Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96: Poco allegretto
    7:51

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: Allegretto ben moderato
    6:23
  2. 5.
    Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: Allegro
    7:49
  3. 6.
    Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: Recitativo-Fantasia. Ben moderato
    7:01
  4. 7.
    Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: Allegretto poco mosso
    5:29
  5. 8.
    Violin Sonata No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 108: I. Allegro non troppo
    7:39
  6. 9.
    Violin Sonata No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 108: II. Andante
    7:02
  7. 10.
    Violin Sonata No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 108: III. Finale. Allegro non troppo
    5:27
  8. 11.
    Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: I. Allegro molto
    6:42
  9. 12.
    Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: II. Andante
    6:56
  10. 13.
    Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: III. Allegro vivace
    3:43
  11. 14.
    Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: IV. Allegro quasi presto
    4:31
  12. 15.
    Applause & Announcement
    0:33
  13. 16.
    Violin Sonata in G Minor, L. 140: II. Intermède. Fantasque et léger
    3:59
  14. 17.
    Violin Sonata in G Minor, L. 140: III. Finale. Très animé
    4:00
  15. 18.
    Final Broadcast Announcement
    0:25

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