Beethoven : Complete Sonatas F

This complete recording of Beethoven's sonatas for violin and piano stems from a marathon performance project that Renaud Capuçon and Frank Braley launched in their native France during the Summer of 2009: some 50 concerts around Europe, all devoted to the Beethoven sonatas. The complete Beethoven sonatas are full of memories for Renaud. At ten years old, Renaud played his first Beethoven work: the Spring Sonata. Renaud comments that Beethoven's music "is a rite of passage for every violinist". He continues that "Beethoven gives you no place to hide in these sonatas. You have to find their spinal column, create a structure -- and sing. Without wishing to appear pretentious, I've always felt at ease with Beethoven, more than with Schubert or Mozart. But it is for the public to judge." Established internationally as a soloist and chamber musician of distinction, French violinist Renaud Capuçon figures among the leading violinists in the world today. Capuçon records exclusively for Virgin Classics. His most recent release of Beethoven's Korngold Violin Concertos featuring the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin led The Guardian to declare Capuçon "one of today's outstanding violinists".