Beethoven, Ludwig van - Sonatas, Op. 30 - Tetzlaff, Christian

The award-winning duo of Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt returns to the masterpieces of European chamber music with this new album, which features three violin sonatas from Ludwig van Beethoven's (1770–1827) Op. 30. The star duo's expressive and intimate chamber music recordings have won numerous awards, and their previous album received the ECHO Klassik award in 2017. Beethoven composed his three violin sonatas, Op. 30, in 1801 and 1802. They are relatively early works, but already point in the direction of Beethoven's revolutionary Third Symphony, Eroica, which was completed in 1803. Although Haydn's influence is still evident, in these sonatas Beethoven created parts that are completely atypical and had never existed in this form before. No wonder these delightful works are among the artists' favorites from the great composer.