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Track(s) taken from SIGCD556

Horn Sonata in F major, Op 17

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Richard Watkins (horn), Julius Drake (piano)
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Recording details: March 2018
Britten Studio, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
Produced by Tim Oldham
Engineered by Mike Hatch
Release date: March 2019
Total duration: 16 minutes 11 seconds

Cover artwork: Portrait of Richard Watkins by Rachel Gadsden
 

Other recordings available for download

Steven Isserlis (cello), Robert Levin (fortepiano)
Beethoven’s Sonata, Op 17, was first performed on 18 April 1800 in Vienna, with the virtuoso horn player Giovannni Punto and Beethoven as the pianist. This piece is typical of Beethoven’s sonatas in that it could easily be described as a piano sonata with a horn obligato. Allegedly Beethoven had first arrived in Vienna and was rather bemused to see a billboard for a concert the following day to include a new sonata for horn and piano. As he had no time, he quickly wrote out a horn part for Punto and improvised the piano part himself. At the performance the piece was rapturously received, so much so that the audience demanded a repeat performance!

from notes by Richard Watkins © 2019

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Beethoven: Cello Sonatas
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