To mark the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, Russian born arranger Paul Struck has arranged two of the composer’s great mid-period chamber masterpieces for soloist and string ensemble. Expanding the sonorities of the ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata – Beethoven’s most important chamber work for violin – allows the sonata’s concertante quality to emerge in a new light. The Cello Sonata No. 3 equally succeeds in conceiving the piano part for ensemble, while exploring fullness of sound and maintaining transparency of texture.
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“… The evident care for balance between soloists and the orchestra gives us a new sense of the way all the parts relate. The result is a new concept of this music and one that I think the composer would have appreciated. There are moments when I feel the music says more this way than it did in its original scoring. This is further confirmed by the fine cellist Coetzee and violinist LaiPang, and by the polishes and sensitive playing of the string orchestra… The recorded sound is excellent.”
David W Moore – American Record Guide – March/April 2021
“… the various gains and losses in Struck’s arrangements reveal new aspects of these scores, and the performances are impressive both for their polish and commitment. Luka Coetzee’s warm tone is a joy to hear and Miclen LaiPang walks the Kreutzer’s perilous high-wire act with aplomb.”
Andrew Farach-Colton – Gramophone magazine – April 2021
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