The second volume of the Beethoven Violin Sonata cycle performed by James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong follows the earlier release of sonatas nos. 6 &9 ‘Kreutzer’.
This new album contains the three early op.12 sonatas (which Beethoven dedicated to his teacher Antonio Salieri) and ends with the early variations from a theme from Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro.
Here are Mr. Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong in The first Sonata from Opus 12: