2/5 Violin Sonata 1 & 3 (Oistrakh & Richter) / String Qrtt No.6 at Summerfest 99

(David Oistrakh)

I've been looking for some good performances of Beethoven's early Violin Sonatas and recently alexcello1981 shared some archival footage of David Oistrakh and Sviatoslav Richter performing the 1st and 3rd Violin Sonatas (from Russian TV it looks like).  Wonderful performances await...

Beethoven, Violin Sonata No.1 in D, Op.12, No.1


Beethoven, Violin Sonata No.3 in E-Flat, Op.12, No.3


Secondly, here's a more recent concert of some students at SummerFest 99 performing Beethoven's 6th String Quartet, as well as the Grosse Fuge and some Schubert, Brahms and Stravinsky.  The first quartet performance is the best...

"Summerfest99 presents an evening of performances by some of the most promising young artists active in chamber music today. This concert is the culmination of the young ensembles' coaching during SummerFest and features works by Beethoven, Schubert, Stravinsky and Brahms."

01:10:: Beethoven - String Qrtt Op18.No 6  (Xando Qrtt)
(AV goes out of sync a little from here - just use your ears..)
27:57:: Schubert Qrtt D703  (Coolidge Qrtt)
38:27:: Stravinsky 3 Pcs for String qrtt
45:57:: Beethoven - Grosse Fuge Op.133 (not exactly the Guarneri Qrtt interpretation but nice to see)
1:03.00:: Brahms Pno Trio Op.101 Cm (Gofriller Trio)

1/29 Triple Concertos on Historical Instruments, Historical Masters

Here's a great concert featuring conductor Frans Brüggen and the Orchestra of the 18th Century (Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw). Maestro Brüggen and the O.18thC. are one of the most most famous of the "early music groups" - that is, they play period instruments in the "historically-informed" style in search of the most authentic music performance practice possible. This usually means a "grittier" sound and less orchestra members. Personally, I'm a big fan of some of these groups...

Amsterdam Cellobiennale, 10.11.6, with Frans Brüggen and the Orchestra of the 18th Century, All Beethoven Program

Part 1: 12 Minuets, WoO.7 (1795)


Part 2: Triple Concerto in C, Opus 56

Jean-Guihen Queyras: Cello
Isabelle Faust: Violin
Kristian Bezuidenhout: Piano


I also just came across a performance of the Triple Concerto by some old masters by the names of Richter, Oistrakh, Rostropovich and Kirill Kondrashin.  The first 3 of course are no strangers to the Daily Beethoven.  So you KNOW this will be good (despite the 'archival' nature of the sound fidelity...).  There exists a studio recording of this group with Kondrashin switched out for "Herb" von Karajan (which Richter later said he hated) so maybe this is the one to own...
Mstislav Rostropovich: Cello
David Oistrakh: Violin
Sviatoslav Richter: Piano
Kirill Kondrashin: Conductor

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