Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in D major, Op. 12/1: 1. Allegro con brio
2. Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in D major, Op. 12/1: 2. Tema con variazioni
3. Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in D major, Op. 12/1: 3. Rondo. Allegro
4. Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in A major, Op. 12/2: 1. Allegro vivace
5. Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in A major, Op. 12/2: 2. Andante più tosto allegretto
6. Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in A major, Op. 12/2: 3. Allegro piacévole
7. Sonata for violin & piano No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 12/3: 1. Allegro con spirito
8. Sonata for violin & piano No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 12/3: 2. Adagio con molto espressione
9. Sonata for violin & piano No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 12/3: 3. Rondo. Allegro molto
10. Sonata for violin & piano No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23: 1. Presto
11. Sonata for violin & piano No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23: 2. Andante scherzoso, più allegretto
12. Sonata for violin & piano No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23: 3. Allegro molto

Disc 2:

1. Sonata for violin & piano No. 6 in A major, Op. 30/1: 1. Allegro
2. Sonata for violin & piano No. 6 in A major, Op. 30/1: 2. Adagio molto espressivo
3. Sonata for violin & piano No. 6 in A major, Op. 30/1: 3. Allegretto con variazioni
4. Sonata for violin & piano No. 7 in C minor ('Eroica'), Op. 30/2: 1. Allegro con brio
5. Sonata for violin & piano No. 7 in C minor ('Eroica'), Op. 30/2: 2. Adagio cantabile
6. Sonata for violin & piano No. 7 in C minor ('Eroica'), Op. 30/2: 3. Scherzo. Allegro
7. Sonata for violin & piano No. 7 in C minor ('Eroica'), Op. 30/2: 4. Finale. Allegro
8. Sonata for violin & piano No. 10 in G major ('The Cockcrow'), Op. 96: 1. Allegro moderato
9. Sonata for violin & piano No. 10 in G major ('The Cockcrow'), Op. 96: 2. Adagio espressivo
10. Sonata for violin & piano No. 10 in G major ('The Cockcrow'), Op. 96: 3. Scherzo. Allegro
11. Sonata for violin & piano No. 10 in G major ('The Cockcrow'), Op. 96: 4. Poco allegretto

Disc 3:

1. Sonata for violin & piano No. 5 in F major ('Spring'), Op. 24: 1. Allegro
2. Sonata for violin & piano No. 5 in F major ('Spring'), Op. 24: 2. Adagio molto espressivo
3. Sonata for violin & piano No. 5 in F major ('Spring'), Op. 24: 3. Scherzo. Allegro molto
4. Sonata for violin & piano No. 5 in F major ('Spring'), Op. 24: 4. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
5. Sonata for violin & piano No. 8 in G major, Op. 30/3: 1. Allegro assai
6. Sonata for violin & piano No. 8 in G major, Op. 30/3: 2. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
7. Sonata for violin & piano No. 8 in G major, Op. 30/3: 3. Allegro vivace
8. Sonata for violin & piano No. 9 in A major ('Kreutzer'), Op. 47: 1. Adagio sostenuto - Presto
9. Sonata for violin & piano No. 9 in A major ('Kreutzer'), Op. 47: 2. Andnate con variazioni
10. Sonata for violin & piano No. 9 in A major ('Kreutzer'), Op. 47: 3. Finale. Presto

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #91399 in Music
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 1996-04-09
• Number of discs: 3
• Dimensions: .41 pounds

Customer Reviews

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The 10 Beethoven Sonatas are absolute staples of the violinists' repertory - and they are all served here in excellent performances by Isaac Stern and Eugene Istomin. Although my preferance would have been to have these works presented in chronological order - that is of little concern when confronted, so to say, with such absolute mastery of violinist's art. Istomin's contribution is no less the equal of Stern's. I wish the repeat in the first movement of the Kreutzer sonata was taken - for this massive piece, with its unusually long first movement introduction, needs the structural balance of the repeated exposition. Yehudi Menuhin's set (which spans four CDs), in every respect comparable to Stern's, is a little more complete in that respect. But, no matter, Stern's playing is solid, lyrical, flexible and "in-your-face" by turns, all of it wholly appropriate to Beethoven's music whose attributes are one in the same. A feast for the ears (and an intelligent one at that)!

superb
this will be a dinko review of an excellent recording but i am sorry.

This is a great recording that i purchased after the untimely demise of the soloist, and it has never let me down. I am not the keenest ear for the violin, nor the biggest fan of violin sonatas, but I love Beethoven and Stern and if you do to, you will not be disapointed.