Label: harmonia mundi Catalog: 902025/27 Format: CD/DVD
Isabelle Faust: violin, Alexander Melnikov: piano
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827): Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano
2010 Gramophone Award Winner: Best Chamber Recording
As well as being a virtuoso soloist and improviser on the piano, Beethoven was also a competent violinist – an experience he put to good use in his ten sonatas for violin and piano.
Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov have long cherished the project of recording them all.
The behind-the-scenes documentary filmed on this occasion gives an insight into the impressive work on documentation and interpretation that enabled them to get as close as possible to the composer’s intentions.