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    Artist: 
    Renaud Capuçon & Kit Armstrong

    Sonatas for Piano & Violin

    4CD Capbox
    €33,99

    Release date: June 23, 2023

    With this box set of 16 Sonatas for Piano and Violin, Renaud Capuçon and Kit Armstrong showcase the brilliance of Mozart’s chamber music. Together they bring to life the incredible variety and different facets of
    Mozart’s genius, and the violinist describes their musical relationship as “incredibly inspirational. Everything works in a completely uncomplicated and natural way, and after we had played these sonatas in Salzburg, we knew at once that we wanted to record them. To perform these pieces with Kit is to embark on a wonderful musical journey.” And Kit Armstrong adds, "In the main, we have placed a great deal of trust both in Mozart’s music and in our listeners. We do not deliberately lighten the music’s countenance, simplify the equivocal, or apologize for any of its manifold characters. We forbore, to use a culinary analogy, our longpractised art and skill of sublimating ordinary ingredients, for we felt that here we were dealing with extraordinary ingredients, and we are convinced that we can trust our listeners to appreciate them as such.
    As often mentioned, the role of the violin in Mozart’s sonatas is more subordinate than it would become in the combination of violin plus piano from the 19th century onwards. However, we did not historicize in our playing; on the contrary, it was particularly rewarding to see beauties brought forth by later techniques blossom in Mozart’s music. When I hear Renaud render Mozart’s lyrical flights with all the sumptuousness and
    refinement that modern violin playing can have, I am convinced: it is beautiful, and that is what matters.”

    Tracklist:

    DISC 1: 
    VIOLIN SONATA IN C MAJOR, K. 296
    I. Allegro vivace 
    II. Andante sostenuto
    III. Rondeau. Allegro

    VIOLIN SONATA IN G MAJOR, K. 301
    I. Allegro con spirito
    II. Allegro

    VIOLIN SONATA IN E-FLAT MAJOR, K. 302
    I. Allegro
    II. Rondeau. Andante grazioso

    VIOLIN SONATA IN C MAJOR, K. 303
    I. Adagio - Molto allegro
    II. Tempo di menuetto

    VIOLIN SONATA IN E MINOR, K. 304
    I. Allegro
    II. Tempo di menuetto

    VIOLIN SONATA IN A MAJOR, K. 305
    I. Allegro di molto
    II. Thema


    DISC 2:
    VIOLIN SONATA IN D MAJOR, K. 306 
    I. Allegro con spirito 
    II. Andantino cantabile
    III. Allegretto

    K. 359 12 VARIATIONS ON "LA BERGÈRE CÉLIMÈNE"

    K. 360 6 VARIATIONS ON "HÉLAS, J'AI PERDU MON AMANT"

    VIOLIN SONATA IN F MAJOR, K. 376 
    I. Allegro 
    II. Andante
    III. Rondeau. Allegretto grazioso

    VIOLIN SONATA IN F MAJOR, K. 377 
    I. Allegro 
    II. Andante
    III. Tempo di menuetto


    DISC 3:
    VIOLIN SONATA IN B-FLAT MAJOR, K. 378 
    I. Allegro moderato 
    II. Andantino sostenuto e cantabile
    III. Rondeau. Allegro

    VIOLIN SONATA IN G MAJOR, K. 379 
    I. Adagio 
    II. Thema. Andantino cantabile

    VIOLIN SONATA IN E-FLAT MAJOR, K. 380 
    I. Allegro 
    II. Andante con moto
    III. Rondeau. Allegro

    VIOLIN SONATA IN B-FLAT MAJOR, K. 454 
    I. Largo - Allegro 
    II. Andante
    III. Allegretto 


    DISC 4:
    VIOLIN SONATA IN E-FLAT MAJOR, K. 481 
    I. Molto allegro 
    II. Adagio
    III. Allegretto

    VIOLIN SONATA IN A MAJOR, K. 526 
    I. Molto allegro 
    II. Andante
    III. Presto

    VIOLIN SONATA IN F MAJOR, K. 547 
    I. Andantino cantabile 
    II. Allegro
    III. Thema. Andante