Beethoven: Great Chamber Works Chloë Hanslip, Danny Driver, Kuss Quartet & Trio Isimsiz

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47 "Kreutzer":
• 1Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47 "Kreutzer": I. Adagio sostenuto13:35
• 2Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47 "Kreutzer": II. Andante con variazione14:32
• 3Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47 "Kreutzer": III. Finale. Presto08:40
• String Quartet No. 10, Op. 74 "Harp":
• 4String Quartet No. 10, Op. 74 "Harp": I. Poco Adagio. Allegro (Live)10:11
• 5String Quartet No. 10, Op. 74 "Harp": II. Adagio ma non troppo (Live)09:50
• 6String Quartet No. 10, Op. 74 "Harp": III. Presto (Live)05:06
• 7String Quartet No. 10, Op. 74 "Harp": IV. Allegro con Variazioni (Live)06:58
• Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70/1 "Ghost":
• 8Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70/1 "Ghost": I. Allegro vivace e con brio10:54
• 9Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70/1 "Ghost": II. Largo assai ed espresivo11:06
• 10Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70/1 "Ghost": III. Presto08:24
• Total Runtime01:39:16

Info for Beethoven: Great Chamber Works

Early in 1803 Beethoven sketched out two movements for violin and piano. These were subsequently completed in some hurry during May of that year, occasioned by the arrival in Vienna of George Polgreen Bridgetower (1779–1860). Born to a European mother and West Indian father, Bridgetower is thought to have studied with Haydn at Eszterháza before making his debut at the Concert Spirituel in Paris aged ten. He then moved with his father to London where he was taken under the patronage of the Prince of Wales, performing at many prestigious London concerts and taking the post of first violin of the Prince of Wales’ private orchestra from 1795 to 1809. Concert triumphs in Dresden in July of 1802 and again in March 1803 secured introductions to the highest aristocratic circles of Vienna, and thus Bridgetower met Prince Lichnowsky, one of Beethoven’s most important patrons.

It was Lichnowsky who arranged a concert for them both on 24 May 1803 at the Augarten morning concert series. Commencing at eight o’clock in the morning, they played the hastily completed sonata, ink barely dry on the page, Bridgetower reading the second movement from Beethoven’s piano score over his shoulder, as there had been no time to prepare a complete violin part. The two newly composed movements were followed by the rapid 6/8-time rondo that Beethoven had discarded from the Op.30 Sonata in A (see volume 1 of this cycle of recordings). The performance was a great success: the second movement was encored by popular demand, and there is even a report of Beethoven embracing the violinist midperformance on account of a particularly finely executed ornament.

Trio Isimsiz
Pablo Hernán Benedí, violin
Michael Petrov, cello
Erdem Misirlioglu, piano

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