Kuhlau Violin Sonatas

Tosi, Giorgio Leonida - Sonate Fuer Violine Und Kl
1. Allegro Molto
2. Andantino
3. Rondo: Allegro
Frontini-porto - Allegro Pathetique Fuer Klavier Z
Tosi, Giorgio Leonida - Sonate Fuer Violine Und Kl
1. Allegro
2. Andantino
3. Rondo Alla Polacca
Frontini-porto - Adagio Und Rondo Fuer Klavier Zu
Tosi, Giorgio Leonida - Sonate Fuer Violine Und Kl
1. Allegro Gustoso
2. Andante
3. Rondo: Allegro Scherzando

? Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832) was born in Hannover, but as a student he
went to Denmark, where he stayed the rest of his life, becoming an
important national composer.
? Kuhlau was a near contemporary of Beethoven, and his style shares
elements of that genius (alas not the genius…): rooted in the 17th century
classicism it foreshadows the Romantic movement in a true expression of
affect, daring dissonances and sudden harmonic changes, and a general
expression of romantic moods as favoured in the fashionable salons.
? Kuhlau is nowadays best known for his Sonatinas for amateur pianists,
serving as a welcome alternative to the more classical sonatinas by
Clementi.
? This new recording present Kuhlau’s Violin Sonatas Op. 79, music of
considerable drama, brilliance and virtuosity, but also of gentle lyricism
and charm.
? As interludes to these sonatas the piano duo Porto-Frontini plays two
works for piano 4-hands, an Allegro Pathétique and an Adagio & Rondo.
? Played by Giorgio Leonida Tosi on a baroque violin, pianist Paolo Porto
plays an 1830 Viennese Stein piano.