Violin Sonata No.10 in G Major

 

        Violin Sonata No.10 in G Major , Op.96

I.Allegro moderato

II.Adagio espressivo

III.Scherzo : Allegro - Trio

IV.Poco allegretto

ستاره بهشتی، ویولن

بابک پاکزاد، پیانو

 

Beethoven wrote ten sonatas for piano and violin. In all of them he treats the two instruments with equal importance. 
Completed in 1812, Beethoven’s final sonata for piano and violin has a lyrical serenity that sets it apart from the previous nine sonatas. Dedicated to Beethoven’s devoted patron, Archduke Rudolf, it was premiered in 1812 with the Archduke at the piano and Pierre Rode on the violin.
 
The first movement, Allegro Moderato, opens with a fragment of three beats (a quarter note, two eighth-notes, a quarter note), played at first by the violin, and then repeated by the piano. The movement continues as each new melody grows from the previous one. The hymn-like second movement is marked Adagio Espressivo, and it is considered one of the most beautiful slow movements in Beethoven’s chamber music.
Performers have to breathe seemingly in slow motion to make way for the lyrical, uninterrupted line. The Scherzo in G minor follows, the only section of the piece that suggests a tremulous mood. The trio in the middle of the movement is a contrast, as it is in a major mode key of E-flat, in the style of a 3-beat dance.
 
The last movement, Poco Allegretto, is folk-like and is a set of loose variations, with a flowing quality similar to the first movement. In the middle of the movement is the Adagio Espressivo variation, heavily ornamented and bearing resemblance to the hymnal second movement.