Credits:

Gianandrea Noseda, Gustav Mahler

Description:

Canadian Genius James EhnesComplete Collection of Beethoven Violin Sonatas by 2019 Grammy Award-winning Canadian violinist genius, James Ehnes! Beethoven has garnered immense acclaim around the world. The Complete Violin Sonatas, Final Volume! He has received overwhelming acclaim as "one of the perfect violinists on the planet" (The Daily Telegraph) and won the "Best Classical Instrumental Solo" at the 61st Grammy Awards in 2019 for his Violin Concerto (ONYX4189) by Aaron Jay Kernis. The complete Beethoven violin sonatas began with the Kreutzer Sonata, released in March 2017. Highly acclaimed by media and audiences around the world, especially by Gramophone magazine in the UK, where the previous three albums were all named "Editor's Choice (Special Mention)" (Volume 2 was also nominated for a Gramophone Award), this series has earned immense trust and expectation.The long-awaited fourth volume concludes the complete cycle by pairing the dramatic "No. 7," composed around 1802, when Beethoven wrote his "Heiligenstadt Testament," with the serene "No. 10," written for the great violinist Pierre Lord in 1812. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2~I. Allegro con brio
2.Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2~II. Adagio cantabile
3.Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2~III. Scherzo: Allegro
4.Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2~IV. Finale: Allegro
5.Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Op. 96~I. Allegro moderato
6.Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Op. 96~II. Adagio espressivo
7.Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Op. 96~III. Scherzo: Allegro
8.Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Op. 96~IV. Poco Allegretto