Liebesfreud by Rachmaninov/Kreisler (Piano Transcription)
Raluca Stirbat, Piano
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Liebesfreud by Rachmaninov/Kreisler, Raluca Stirbat, Piano

Rachmaninoff: Moment musical Op. 16/3 Terhi Dostal LIVE

Jun Keller, violin // Hiroshi Kato, piano // live recording

Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin

LI: glimpse of sunlight

Although the “Kreutzer” Sonata, Op. 47, is dedicated to Rodolphe Kreutzer, the original dedication was to George P. Bridgetower (1779-1860), for whom the piece was written. Bridgetower, an African-Polish violinist who lived in London.
Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766-1831) was a French violinist of great renown whom Beethoven met in Vienna in 1798.

Beethoven’s decision to dedicate the sonata to Kreutzer instead of Bridgetower was probably related to his intended move to Paris and a wish to ingratiate himself with French musical luminaries. Legend has it that Beethoven changed the dedication because he and Bridgetower quarreled over a woman. Kreutzer most likely never knew of the dedication, and it is almost certain that he never played the piece.

The “Kreutzer” Sonata was published in 1805. Beethoven described the piece as “written in a very concertante style, like that of a concerto,” explaining the internal conflict generally associated with his larger works.

Beethoven’s “new path” is everywhere evident in the first movement of the “Kreutzer” Sonata. The only slow introduction Beethoven ever wrote for a violin sonata is actually the only portion of the movement in A major, which gives way to A minor at the beginning of the Presto sonata-form section. Development of the first theme does not occur until the lengthy, weighty coda, which is much more symphonic than chamber-style in conception.

Ludwig van Beethoven. Sonata No. 9 "Kreutzer" for violin and piano, op. 47

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't Muziek Frascati - Lettres Oubliées
1 december 2009,
Schouwburg Leuven

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Franz Liszt:  Concert Étude No. 3 in D-flat Major, "Un Sospiro"

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Wieniawski Violin Concerto No. 2

Chopin: Prelude No. 15 in D-flat Major
Recorded at WGBH studios, Boston, May 2012. 
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Chopin: Prelude No. 15 in D-flat Major

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