Violin Sonatas Nos 1, 2 & 3

"Complementing these remarkable performances is Zig Zag's state of the art sound, the finest I've ever heard in a violin and fortepiano recording. Seiler and Immerseel's rhetorical, erudite notes are a joy to read."
(ClassicsToday.com 10/10)

"..the Seiler/Immerseel partnership sheds new light on these works..this is a notable release that demands attention."
(MusicWeb May 2009)

With this first opus 12, Midori Seiler and Jos van Immerseel start the complete recording of Beethoven violin and piano sonatas together with the complete cyle of Beethoven symphonies with Anima Eterna which will be released for spring 2008.

This first cycle of sonatas opus 12 - published in 1798 - uses the classical form of a sonata in 3 movements. The title on the Artaria Edition « Tre sonate per il clavicembalo o Forte-piano con un violino » underlines the perfectly well balance between the 2 instruments such as Mozart proposed it. Sonata n°1 has a marvellous limpidity, still influenced by baroque forms. Sonata n°2 was written at once - rythms and dialogues between violin and pianoforte expand. Sonata n°3 - already more individual - has a sensitive mood quite related to the Sonata Pathetica for piano.

Midori Seiler plays an italian baroque violin mid 18's, Jos van Immerseel plays a copy of a Walter Fortepiano made by Cristopher Clarke in 1988.