David Oistrakh plays Beethoven Violin Sonatas

David Oistrakh plays Beethoven Violin Sonatas

David Oistrakh provides visceral excitement and heavyweight mastery. The duo with Richter can be more rewarding than that with Bauer. The scruff-of-the-neck Kreutzer Sonata is best of all.

Jessica Duchen

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4

Jessica Duchen

Published: October 20, 2016 at 8:17 am

COMPOSERS: Ludwig van Beethoven
LABELS: Praga Digitals
ALBUM TITLE: Beethoven
WORKS: Violin Sonatas Nos 5, 6 & 9
PERFORMER: David Oistrakh (violin), Frida Bauer, Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: Praga Digitals PRD 250 322




David Oistrakh provides visceral excitement and heavyweight mastery. The duo with Richter can be more rewarding than that with Bauer. The scruff-of-the-neck Kreutzer Sonata is best of all.

Jessica Duchen

Jessica Duchen

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Jessica Duchen studied music at Cambridge University and was the classical music correspondent for The Independent from 2004 to 2016. She has also written for The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, BBC Music Magazine and the JC, among others. Jessica Duchen has written librettos include numerous choral works and operas for the composer Roxanna Panufnik, including Silver Birch, commissioned by Garsington Opera and shortlisted for an International Opera Award in 2018. Two more works based on stories by Oscar Wilde were commissioned for Garsington’s Youth Company, The Happy Princess with composer Paul Fincham (2019) and The Selfish Giant with John Barber, which fell victim to lockdown, this has been postponed to 2021.
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