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曲目:
CD 1: Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas (1)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in D, Op.12 No.1
[1] 1. Allegro con brio [8:06]
[2] 2. Tema con variazioni (Andante con moto) [6:53]
[3] 3. Rondo (Allegro) [4:27]
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in A, Op.12 No.2
[4] 1. Allegro vivace [5:42]
[5] 2. Andante più tosto allegretto [5:09]
[6] 3. Allegro piacevole [4:56]
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.3 in E flat, Op.12 No.3
[7] 1. Allegro con spirito [7:44]
[8] 2. Adagio con molt' espressione [6:01]
[9] 3. Rondo (Allegro molto) [4:00]
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.5 in F, Op.24 - "Spring"
[10] 1. Allegro [9:41]
[11] 2. Adagio molto espressivo [6:02]
[12] 3. Scherzo (Allegro molto) [1:19]
[13] 4. Rondo (Allegro ma non troppo) [6:34]
Martha Argerich, Gidon Kremer
Total Playing Time: [1:16:34]
CD 2: Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas (2)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.10 in G, Op.96
[1] 1. Allegro moderato [10:34]
[2] 2. Adagio espressivo [6:29]
[3] 3. Scherzo (Allegro) [1:56]
[4] 4. Poco allegretto [8:23]
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.6 in A, Op.30 No.1
[5] 1. Allegro [7:49]
[6] 2. Adagio [6:43]
[7] 3. Allegretto con variazioni [7:34]
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.7 in C minor, Op.30 No.2
[8] 1. Allegro con brio [7:36]
[9] 2. Adagio cantabile [7:41]
[10] 3. Scherzo (Allegro) [3:36]
[11] 4. Finale (Allegro) [4:57]
Gidon Kremer, Martha Argerich
Total Playing Time: [1:13:18]
CD 3: Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas (3)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.8 in G, Op.30 No.3
[1] 1. Allegro assai [6:21]
[2] 2. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso [8:32]
[3] 3. Allegro vivace [3:24]
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.4 in A minor, Op.23
[4] 1. Presto [6:56]
[5] 2. Andante scherzoso, più allegretto [7:20]
[6] 3. Allegro molto [5:15]
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.9 in A, Op.47 - "Kreutzer"
[7] 1. Adagio sostenuto - Presto [14:12]
[8] 2. Andante con variazioni [14:53]
[9] 3. Finale (Presto) [8:30]
Gidon Kremer, Martha Argerich
Total Playing Time: [1:15:23]
CD 4: Brahms: Sonatas Opp. 78 & 100
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in G, Op.78
[1] 1. Vivace ma non troppo [13:47]
[2] 2. Adagio [10:47]
[3] 3. Allegro molto moderato [11:38]
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in A, Op.100
[4] 1. Allegro amabile [11:10]
[5] 2. Andante tranquillo - Vivace - Andante - Vivace di più - Andante vivace [6:57]
[6] 3. Allegretto grazioso (Quasi andante) [7:34]
Gidon Kremer, Valery Afanassiev
Total Playing Time: [1:01:53]
CD 5: Brahms / Busoni: Sonatas Opp. 108 & 36a
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Sonata for Violin and Piano No 3 in D minor, Op.108
[1] 1. Allegro [11:51]
[2] 2. Adagio [5:45]
[3] 3. Un poco presto e con sentimento [3:16]
[4] 4. Presto agitato [5:27]
Ferruccio Busoni (1866 - 1924)
Violin Sonata No.2, Op.36a
[5] 1. Langsam - [10:24]
[6] 2. Presto - [2:26]
[7] 3. Andante, piuttosto grave - [3:54]
[8] 4. Andante con moto (Thema) - [2:09]
[9] 5. Poco più andante (Var.I) - [2:47]
[10] 6. Alla marcia, vivace (Var.II) - [1:07]
[11] 7. Lo stesso movimento (Var.III) - [1:07]
[12] 8. Andante (Var.IV) - [4:40]
[13] 9. Tranquillo assai (Var.V) - [4:09]
[14] 10. Allegro deciso, un poco maestoso (Var.VI) - [3:00]
[15] 11. Più tranquillo, apoteotico (Coda) [2:18]
Gidon Kremer, Valery Afanassiev
Total Playing Time: [1:04:20]
CD 6: Schumann: Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 / Strauss: Sonata
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Sonata no.1 for Violin and Piano in A minor, Op.105
[1] 1. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck [7:24]
[2] 2. Allegretto [4:07]
[3] 3. Lebhaft [5:01]
Sonata no.2 for Violin and Piano in D minor, op.121
[4] 1. Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft [12:44]
[5] 2. Sehr lebhaft [4:36]
[6] 3. Leise, einfach [5:57]
[7] 4. Bewegt [8:39]
Gidon Kremer, Martha Argerich
Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat, Op.18
[8] 1. Allegro ma non troppo [11:52]
[9] 2. Improvisation (Andante cantabile) [8:54]
[10] 3. Finale (Andante-Allegro) [9:25]
Gidon Kremer, Oleg Maisenberg
Total Playing Time: [1:18:39]
CD 7: Prokofiev: Sonatas & Melodies
Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in F minor, Op.80
[1] 1. Andante assai [6:58]
[2] 2. Allegro brusco [6:42]
[3] 3. Andante [7:33]
[4] 4. Allegrissimo [7:17]
5 Mélodies, Op.35bis
[5] 1. Andante [2:12] $ 1.29
[6] 2. Lento, ma non troppo - Poco più mosso - Tempo I [2:50]
[7] 3. Animato, ma non allegro - Poco più tranquillo - Meno mosso [3:28]
[8] 4. Allegretto leggero e scherzando [1:28]
[9] 5. Andante non troppo - Pochissimo più animato [3:13]
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in D, Op.94a
[10] 1. Moderato [7:40]
[11] 2. Scherzo (Presto) [4:38]
[12] 3. Andante [3:42]
[13] 4. Allegro con brio [6:52]
Gidon Kremer, Martha Argerich
Total Playing Time: [1:04:33]
CD 8: Bartók/Janácek/Messiaen: Sonatas & Theme
Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1, Sz. 75
[1] Allegro appassionato [12:44]
[2] Adagio [10:20]
[3] Allegro [9:29]
Leos Janácek (1854 - 1928)
Violin Sonata
[4] 1. Con moto [4:56]
[5] 2. Ballada. Con moto [5:03]
[6] 3. Allegretto [2:47]
[7] 4. Adagio [3:58]
Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992)
Theme and Variations for Violin and Piano
[8] Thème. Modéré [1:16]
[9] Variation 1. Modéré [1:28]
[10] Variation 2. Un peu moins modéré [0:47]
[11] Variation 3. Modéré, avec éclat [0:51]
[12] Variation 4. Vif et passionné [1:08]
[13] Variation 5. Très modéré [1:54]
Gidon Kremer, Martha Argerich
Total Playing Time: [56:41]