Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Opp 47 & 96

Dusinberre/Korevaar(Decca)Edward Dusinberre brings the same wonderfully subtle and intensely musical qualities to these two violin sonatas as he does to Beethoven's quartets in his day job as leader of the peerless Takács Quartet. There's no suggestion here that Dusinberre is using the sonatas just as a showcase for his own violin playing; even in the more flamboyant passages of the Kreutzer Sonata Op 47 there is nothing flashy or self-regarding about his playing, and his partnership with pia...

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