Work: Violin Sonata no. 2 in A major, Op.12 no.2

There can be no better reason to see a concert of Beethoven than to be offered a fresh point of view; Julia Fischer and Igor Levit did just that.

Danish violinist Znaider with Kulek delivers a capricious Beethoven sonata no. 2 and zany Shostakovich preludes, while the Brahms sonatas do not fully convince. 

Sensitive and passionate chamber musicianship as Catherine Leonard and Hugh Tinney enthrall with the second concert of three in their Beethovenian violin sonatas cycle.