Beethoven / Osostowicz / Tong: Beethoven Plus 1
Beethoven / Osostowicz / Tong: Beethoven Plus 1
Format: CD
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Artist: Beethoven / Osostowicz / Tong
Label: Somm Recordings
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 748871018129
Genre: Classical
The launch of Somm Recordings' inspirational Beethoven Plus series sees violinist Krysia Osostowicz and pianist Daniel Tong commissioning 10 leading contemporary composers to write 'companion' pieces for - and inspired by - Beethoven's seminal set of 10 Violin Sonatas. The result is a fascinating conversation between past and present in which Beethoven's mastery of the form receives illuminating - and often surprising - commentary from entirely modern perspectives. Volume 1 focuses on Beethoven's first five Violin Sonatas - Opp. 12 (Nos. 1-3), 23, 24 - and the Third Sonata from his Op. 30. They are each coupled with first recordings of their new companion pieces. Jonathan Dove's Ludwig Games is a glorious "upbeat" to Beethoven's First Sonata in which motivic dynamism and minimalist accents are brilliantly matched. The punningly titled A Major Chase updates the humorous Second Sonata in a virtuosic display described by composer Peter Ash as "Bartók meets Tom and Jerry". Imaginatively re-working the key of E flat, the characterful dissonance of Elspeth Brooke's Swoop offers a decidedly contemporary response to the Third Sonata. Judith Bingham's The Neglected Child pays a heartfelt homage to Beethoven's Op. 23, while Huw Watkins' Spring is a masterly miniature inspired by the radiant, lyrical textures of Op. 24. Jeremy Thurlow's Mehlschöberl alights on the wit of Op. 30 No. 3 to take two motivic cells from Beethoven's score as the starting point for an intriguing and involving set of colorful transformations. Daniel Tong says: "The new companion pieces locate this set of recordings within a specific time - these composers' responses to Beethoven coupled with our response as interpreters - leaving us with the thought that, in the end, all interpretation is work in progress."
Tracks:
1.1 Ludwig Games
1.2 I. Allegro Con Brio
1.3 II. Tema Con Variazioni - Andante Con Moto
1.4 III. Rondo: Allegro
1.5 A Major Chase
1.6 I. Allegro Vivace
1.7 II. Andante, Piu Tosto Allegretto
1.8 III. Allegro Piacevole
1.9 Swoop
1.10 I. Allegro Con Spirito
1.11 II. Adagio Con Molta Espressione
1.12 III. Rondo: Allegro Molto
2.1 I. Presto
2.2 II. Andante Scherzoso, Piu Allegretto
2.3 III. Allegro Molto
2.4 The Neglected Child
2.5 Spring
2.6 I. Allegro
2.7 II. Adagio Molto Espressivo
2.8 III. Scherzo - Allegro Molto
2.9 IV. Rondo: Allegro Ma Non Troppo
2.10 Mehlschöberl
2.11 I. Allegro Assai
2.12 II. Tempo Di Minuetto, Ma Molto Moderato E Grazioso
2.13 III. Allegro Vivace
Audio Sample:
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