Special offer. Beethoven - Britten - Barber
Liya Petrova (violin), Boris Kusnezow (piano)
Her style in Beethoven is beautifully balanced between strength, lyricism, and poised classical phrasing. In both sonatas you note in the Allegros how precisely she and the piano play the quickest...
Special offer. Beethoven - Britten - Barber
Liya Petrova (violin), Boris Kusnezow (piano)
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Her style in Beethoven is beautifully balanced between strength, lyricism, and poised classical phrasing. In both sonatas you note in the Allegros how precisely she and the piano play the quickest...
About
Although Beethoven composed sonatas ‘for piano and violin’, following Mozart’s example, he did not intend to give prominence to one instrument or another.
Both performers should be able to display their full range of skills as true chamber music partners, so a perfect balance could be reached.
This album groups together the ‘Spring Sonata’ and two less often played sonatas, in which the composer’s love of nature appears as well as his special interest in ancient compositional devices.
Contents and tracklist
- Liya Petrova (soloist), Boris Kusnezow (soloist)
- Liya Petrova (soloist), Boris Kusnezow (soloist)
- Liya Petrova (soloist), Boris Kusnezow (soloist)
- Liya Petrova (soloist), Boris Kusnezow (soloist)
Awards and reviews
September/October 2020
Her style in Beethoven is beautifully balanced between strength, lyricism, and poised classical phrasing. In both sonatas you note in the Allegros how precisely she and the piano play the quickest running passagework together. [Britten] She adapts to the chameleon-like shifts in tone and mood quite well...I have no hesitancy in recommending this release.
