Gidon Kremer & Martha Argerich Beethoven Violin Sonatas Nos.6-8 (2 LP)

180g Audiophile Virgin Vinyl Double LP!
Mastered from the Original Masters of Universal Music by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios!
Pressed at Optimal in Germany!
First Time Ever on Vinyl!
The "dream team" Gidon Kremer and Martha Argerich, who have made numerous brilliant recordings in their many years of work together, present Beethoven's Violin Sonatas 6-8 on this release. The interpretation, recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, is available on vinyl for the first time.
Analogphonic presents the work on a double LP with three sides in excellent audiophile quality, which reflects the refined craftsmanship of the two exceptional artists and the wonderful sonatas in all its profound facets.
"Beethoven's op.30 violin and piano sonatas are three irresistibly lively and individual spirits in the hands and imaginations of Martha Argerich and Gidon Kremer. The first, in A major, has that particular quality of blithe and elusive joy reminiscent of the Spring Sonata, and created here by the lightest and truest touch on string and key, fused with bright rhythmic clarity. The slow movement is a tremulous song of long-forgotten, far-off things, in which violin and piano find an intimate balance of tone. The G major Sonata's centrepiece is its Minuet and Trio, which Argerich and Kremer cunningly tease and charm into revealing its archaic qualities: a dance glimpsed through a lace veil. It is framed by two fast movements that would identify their performers anywhere, with their high-voltage velocity and wittily imaginative anticipation of each other's every move." - Gramophone

Features:

• 180g Audiophile Virgin Vinyl
• Double LP
• Recorded in Montreux, Auditorium Stravinski, 12/1993
• From the Original Masters of Universal Music
• Audiophile Analogue Mastering by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios
• Pressed at Optimal Media GmbH in Germany
• 3 Sides of Music
• First Time Ever on Vinyl
• Gatefold Jacket with Obi Strip

Musicians:

• Martha Argerich, piano
• Gidon Kremer, violin

Selections:

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonatas for Piano and Violin (nos. 6-8)
Side A
Sonata in A Major, Op.30, No.1
1. Allegro
2. Adagio molto espressivo
3. Allegretto con Variazioni (I-VI)
Side B
Sonata in C Minor, Op.30, No.2
1. Allegro con brio
2. Adagio cantabile
3. Scherzo. Allegro
4. Final. Allegro – Presto
Side C
Sonata in G Major, Op.30, No.3
1. Allegro assai
2. Tempo di Minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
3. Allegro vivace