Lorenzo Gatto & Julien Libeer – Beethoven : Violin Sonatas No. 1, 10 & 5 “Spring” (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Lorenzo Gatto & Julien Libeer – Beethoven : Violin Sonatas No. 1, 10 & 5 “Spring” (2018)
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‘Building on the success of their first disc of Beethoven violin sonatas (ALPHA240), which won a Diapason d’Or of the year (the magazine hailed ‘the birth of a great duo’) and ‘Choc’ de Classica, Lorenzo Gatto and Julien Libeer continue their complete recording of the cycle. ‘Beethoven’s sonatas have become the core of our musical lives. Rehearsed, tried out in concert, given a rest, rehearsed again.’ Since performing the entire cycle over three consecutive evenings at Flagey in Brussels in 2016, they have played them repeatedly, and they met again at the end of 2017, at the Hilversum studio in Amsterdam, to record three more sonatas: ‘Surprise, even now? . . . Anyone who frequents Beethoven for a long time is no longer surprised to be surprised. For him, everything is coherent, but nothing is written in advance.’ So they experiment here again and Julien has chosen a piano with parallel stringing: ‘The resonance of Chris Maene Straight Strung illuminates this music in a subtly different way. We enjoy ourselves.’ (Lorenzo Gatto, Julien Libeer)

Tracklist:
1-01. Lorenzo Gatto & Julien Libeer – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12, No. 1: I. Allegro con brio (08:48)
1-02. Lorenzo Gatto & Julien Libeer – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12, No. 1: II. Tema con variazioni. Andante con moto (06:55)
1-03. Lorenzo Gatto & Julien Libeer – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12, No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegro (04:49)
1-04. Lorenzo Gatto & Julien Libeer – Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96: I. Allegro moderato (09:56)
1-05. Lorenzo Gatto & Julien Libeer – Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96: II. Adagio espressivo (05:45)
1-06. Lorenzo Gatto & Julien Libeer – Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96: III. Scherzo. Allegro-Trio (02:00)
1-07. Lorenzo Gatto & Julien Libeer – Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96: IV. Poco allegretto (08:39)
1-08. Lorenzo Gatto & Julien Libeer – Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 ‘Spring’: I. Allegro (09:47)
1-09. Lorenzo Gatto & Julien Libeer – Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 ‘Spring’: II. Adagio molto espressivo (05:57)
1-10. Lorenzo Gatto & Julien Libeer – Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 ‘Spring’: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto (01:17)
1-11. Lorenzo Gatto & Julien Libeer – Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 ‘Spring’: IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo (06:29)

Personnel:
Lorenzo Gatto (violin)
Julien Libeer (piano)

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