Viktoria Mullova violin ; Alasdair Beatson fortepiano

Joie de vivre and vanishingly rare refinement of expression emerge from the period-instrument partnership of Viktoria Mullova and Alasdair Beatson and their critically acclaimed interpretations of Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas. ‘The fine detail of both the violin and the keyboard playing is exquisite; the shape of every phrase, you feel, has been considered and weighted accordingly, without losing any sense of spontaneity, so the music never stales,’ wrote the Guardian when reviewing the latest release in their ongoing series of recordings of these magisterial works.