Beethoven, Ludwig van - Violin Sonatas Nos. 2, 4 & 9 Kreutzer - Gatto, Lorenzo

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Lorenzo Gatto, violin
Julien Libeer, piano

The adventure began in 2012, when Gilles Ledure, director of Flagey (Brussels), suggested to Lorenzo Gatto and Julien Libeer they should perform the complete Beethoven violin sonatas there. For these two artists, Beethoven was ‘perhaps the first composer in our history to have embodied the val-ues of the Enlightenment in both his music and his life’. Haunted by these monuments of architecture and expres-sion, they decided to embark on a recording. Here are three sonatas recorded in the legendary Salle de Musique of La Chaux-de-Fonds, including the famous ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata.

Since his version of the Beethoven Violin Concerto (ZZT 354), Lorenzo Gatto has taken his place among the violinists who matter on the international scene.