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Christian Leotta - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Volume 4 (2012)

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Christian Leotta - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Volume 4 (2012)

Christian Leotta - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Volume 4 (2012)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 399 MB | 02:16:44
Genre: Classical | Label: ATMA Classique

For once the hyperbole rings true. Christian Leotta’s fourth volume of Beethoven sonatas is indeed ‘a major addition to other sets currently available’. Musicianly to the core, this young Italian pianist quietly but unmistakably commands your attention at every level. His musical focus and concentration are unswerving, nothing is rushed or overly volatile, everything is scrupulously placed yet illuminated with acute detail and vitality. You will rarely encounter performances more meticulously prepared.

Christian Leotta - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Volume 3 (2010)

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Christian Leotta - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Volume 3 (2010)

Christian Leotta - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Volume 3 (2010)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 436 MB | 02:37:33
Genre: Classical | Label: Atma Classique

Le pianiste italien Christian Leotta nous revient avec le volume 3 de son intégrale des 32 sonates pour piano de Beethoven. Il a fait de ce corpus une spécialité. Ce CD double contient notamment les sonates pour piano No. 17 en ré mineur op. 31 No. 2 “ La Tempête” et la No. 31 en la bémol majeur op. 110, ainsi que quelques sonates des premiers opus.

Christian Leotta - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Volume 2 (2009)

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Christian Leotta - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Volume 2 (2009)

Christian Leotta - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Volume 2 (2009)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 357 MB | 02:07:14
Genre: Classical | Label: Atma Classique

The second two-disc installment of a projected Beethoven sonata cycle from Christian Leotta offers individualistic interpretations that alternately hit and miss, sometimes within the same work. The “Waldstein” first-movement exposition and recapitulation exude power and polish, yet the development comes off too sectionalized and rounded off for the arpeggiated sequences to generate the dramatic tension we expect. Leotta’s deliberation in the Rondo yields gorgeous, alluringly blurred sonorities at the outset as he observes Beethoven’s long pedal markings, yet the extensive scales and rotary figurations run in place, moving nowhere until the Presto coda: too little, too late.

Christian Leotta - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Volume 1 (2008)

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Christian Leotta - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Volume 1 (2008)

Christian Leotta - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Volume 1 (2008)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 529 MB | 02:22:10
Genre: Classical | Label: ATMA Classique

French Canada's ATMA Classique label tends to favor Canadian artists and specifically those from Québec, but the only connection between Canada and young Italian pianist Christian Leotta is apparently that he appeared in 2002 and perhaps – this is not made clear in the booklet – that he began playing the complete cycle of Beethoven's piano sonatas in that city. He's certainly among the youngest performers to have attempted that feat, and perhaps that mark of ambition is what attracted the label to the project.

Pinchas Zukerman, Marc Neikrug - Ludwig vanBeethoven: Sonatas for Piano & Violin [4CDs] (1992)

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Pinchas Zukerman, Marc Neikrug - Ludwig vanBeethoven: Sonatas for Piano & Violin [4CDs] (1992)

Pinchas Zukerman, Marc Neikrug - Ludwig vanBeethoven: Sonatas for Piano & Violin (1992)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1.07 Gb | Total time: 04:07:27 | Scans included
Classical | Label: RCA Victor Red Seal | # 09026-60991-2 | Recorded: 1990, 1991

Underpinned by perfect virtuosity, Zukerman's rich and beautiful violin tone perfectly reveals the charm that Beethoven puts into these sonatas. A well-balanced and excellent performance with the exquisite support of Neikrug has value that should be listened to for a long time as a standard of Beethoven's performance.

Enrico Casazza, La Magnifica Comunita – Veracini: Violin Sonatas Op. 1 (2008)

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Enrico Casazza, La Magnifica Comunita – Veracini: Violin Sonatas Op. 1 (2008)

Enrico Casazza, La Magnifica Comunita – Veracini: Violin Sonatas Op. 1 (2008)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 02:30:26 | 900 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics | Catalog: 93809

More than two centuries before John Lennon favorably compared the Beatles' popularity to that of Jesus, Italian violin virtuoso Francesco Maria Veracini confidently remarked that there was only one God, and only one Veracini. He was one of the first stars of the violin, younger than Corelli, roughly contemporary with Vivaldi and Tartini, who is better known only because of the satanic verses he wrote for the instrument.

Aurèle Nicolet, Karl Richter - Johann Sebastian Bach: Flöten-Sonaten (1989)

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Aurèle Nicolet, Karl Richter - Johann Sebastian Bach: Flöten-Sonaten (1989)

Aurèle Nicolet, Karl Richter - Johann Sebastian Bach: Flöten-Sonaten (1989)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 341 Mb | Total time: 64:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Archiv Produktion | # 427 113-2 | Recorded: 1969, 1973

These are carefully considered and precisely executed interprations. Nicolet has a warm tone, his excellent breathing technique creates wonderful phrasing.

Corey Cerovsek, Paavali Jumppanen – Beethoven: The 10 Violin Sonatas (2006)

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Corey Cerovsek, Paavali Jumppanen – Beethoven: The 10 Violin Sonatas (2006)

Corey Cerovsek, Paavali Jumppanen – Beethoven: The 10 Violin Sonatas (2006)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 03:50:45 | 980 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Claves | Catalog: LC3369

Together, Corey Cerovsek and Paavali Jumppanen have turned in one of the freshest, sweetest, and altogether most charming sets of Beethoven's violin sonatas in years. Though not imbued with the blazing virtuosity that Gidon Kremer and Martha Argerich or the heightened expressivity that Itzhak Perlman and Vladimir Ashkenazy brought to the works, Cerovsek and Jumppanen create performances of poise, depth, and refinement.

Vincent Boucher - Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas (2005)

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Vincent Boucher - Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas (2005)

Vincent Boucher - Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas (2005)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 390 MB | 01:13:13
Genre: Classical | Label: ATMA Classique

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) wrote 555 sonatas for harpsichord. Following the custom of the period, these sonatas may be played on various keyboard instruments. Scarlatti was not only a virtuoso harpsichordist but also an exceptional organist. Some sonatas, by virtue of their nature or of how they are written, are particularly well suited to the organ. Examples include certain preludes and fugues from Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, which dates from the same period.

Christophe Coin - Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Works (2023)

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Christophe Coin - Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Works (2023)

Christophe Coin - Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Works (2023)
WEB FLAC | Tracks ~ 785 Mb | Total time: 2 h 55 min | Cover
Classical | Label: Decca | Recorded: 1987-1989

Vivaldi wrote an astonishing 500 concertos during his lifetime, of which 27 were composed for solo cello. At the time, the instrument was in its infancy, and it was unusual for great composers to write works specifically for solo cello. Indeed, none of the concertos were published during Vivaldi’s lifetime: they had been written specially for his young female students at the Ospedale della Pietà, where the composer was employed in Venice, and were therefore not widely known. However, Vivaldi clearly saw the potential in the new instrument, otherwise he would not have gone on to write so much material for it; after the violin and bassoon, it is his third most popular solo concerto instrument.

Salvatore Accardo, Bruno Canino - Mozart: The Complete Sonatas and Variations for Violin and Piano (1989)

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Salvatore Accardo, Bruno Canino - Mozart: The Complete Sonatas and Variations for Violin and Piano (1989)

Salvatore Accardo, Bruno Canino - Mozart: The Complete Sonatas and Variations for Violin and Piano (1989)
EAC | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 06:35:25 | 1,98 Gb
Genre: Classical | Label: Nuova Era | Catalog: 6836/41

Salvatore Accardo is an outstanding Italian violin virtuoso, best known as a master of the works of Niccolò Paganini, but equally accomplished across a wide variety of repertory for the instrument. His playing is characterized by a taut, visceral tone and a disciplined musical approach that avoids self-indulgence. Having also established himself as a successful conductor, chamber musician, and teacher, Accardo may be considered one of the most accomplished and influential musicians of his generation.

I Musici – Rossini: Sonatas for Strings Nos. 1-6 (2011)

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I Musici – Rossini: Sonatas for Strings Nos. 1-6 (2011)

I Musici – Rossini: Sonatas for Strings Nos. 1-6 (2011)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 83:05 | 462 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Newton Classics | Catalog: 8802041

Known by and large for his seemingly inexhaustible supply of lighthearted operas, Gioachino Rossini did not restrict himself to that genre alone. As a boy of only 12 years, he was already accepting commissions to write small chamber works, including the present set of six string sonatas commissioned by the wealthy Agostino Triossi. Triossi was an accomplished amateur double bassist, a fact to which Rossini paid homage by scoring the six sonatas for a quartet made up of two violins, cello, and bass.

Kazuhito Yamashita - J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo (2004)

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Kazuhito Yamashita - J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo (2004)

Kazuhito Yamashita - J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo (2004)
EAC FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 02:24:20 | 667 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: RCA Red Seal | Catalog: 34115-16

Gone are the days when Kazuhito Yamashita amazed and delighted us with his remarkable transcriptions of "Pictures at an exhibition" or Dvorak's "New World" transcription. 53 years later (Yamashita was born in 1961) has reached impeccable artistic maturity. His prodigious musicality and remarkable virtuosity can be evidenced throughout this double album.

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - Franz Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 11 (2022)

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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - Franz Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 11 (2022)

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - Franz Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 11 (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 214 Mb | Total time: 80:12 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN20193 | Recorded: 2021

The survey by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet of Haydn’s piano sonatas reaches its conclusion with this eleventh volume. As in previous releases, the acclaimed pianist has mixed repertoire from different periods of Haydn’s career to create a recital of interest in its own right. Jean-Efflam notes: ‘It has been eleven years since the launch of this project to present Haydn’s sonatas, not in their chronological order, but as collections juxtaposing works from different periods. The programme for this final disc was actually the first one to be devised: I wanted to place side by side the very first and the very last sonata.

Boris Giltburg - Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Nos. 30-32, Vol. 9 (2021)

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Boris Giltburg - Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Nos. 30-32, Vol. 9 (2021)

Boris Giltburg - Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Nos. 30-32, Vol. 9 (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 183 Mb | Total time: 66:56 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 9.70315 | Recorded: 2020

These interpretations are enormously pleasurable and at times revelatory. Always clean and never showy, Giltburg’s pianism is ideally suited to late Beethoven, and his touch throughout is light and flexible…There are no histrionics in his treatment of Op. 109, and none in the variations of Op. 111 – no fashionable excursions into jazz – while Op. 110 comes over with a plainness and sincerity which warms the heart.