{"product_id":"lm303-beethoven-violin-sonatas-op-30","title":"Beethoven Violin Sonatas Op. 30","description":"\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eViolinist Francesca dePasquale\u003c\/strong\u003e and pianist \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Takács\u003c\/strong\u003e present \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eBeethoven’s Violin Sonatas, Op. 30\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. Th\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eree compositions mark the beginning of his “heroic” middle period. Completed in 1802 and dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia, the sonatas were written during one of the most tumultuous years of Beethoven’s life. Around this time, he penned the now-famous Heiligenstadt Testament, a poignant letter revealing his despair over his worsening hearing loss. Though it reads like a farewell, the letter ends with a vow to persevere in the service of art. That inner struggle—between hopelessness and determination—finds voice in the music as Beethoven begins to push the familiar classical forms to new expressive ends.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eCelebrated for her “sincerity, intensity, and individual voice” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e) and praised for her “immaculate and discreet phrasing” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eStrad Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e), violinist Francesca dePasquale was the First Prize winner of the 2010 Irving M. Klein International String Competition. She was also awarded the 2014–2016 Leonore Annenberg Fellowship Fund for the Performing and Visual Arts and received the 2015 Classical Recording Foundation Young Artist Award. Francesca is currently a violin faculty member at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and previously was a member of the violin faculty for the Juilliard School Pre-College Program. She studied with Itzhak Perlman, Catherine Cho, and Robert Lipsett. Her earlier teachers include Hirono Oka, Charles Parker, and William dePasquale, with additional mentorship from Norman Carol and Arnold Steinhardt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eHailed by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e as “a marvelous pianist,” Peter Takács has performed widely to critical and audience acclaim and is noted for his penetrating and communicative musical interpretations. He enrolled at the Conservatoire de Paris at age 14, later earning full scholarships to Northwestern University and the University of Illinois, followed by a three-year fellowship at the Peabody Conservatory, where he completed his artistic training under the guidance of the renowned pianist Leon Fleisher. Takács has appeared as a guest soloist with major orchestras across the U.S. and internationally and has performed at prominent festivals, including Tanglewood, Music Mountain, Chautauqua Institution, ARIA International, the Schlern Music Festival in the Italian Alps, Tel Hai International Master Classes in Israel, and Sweden’s Helsingborg Festival. His recording of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas was released on the Cambria label in 2011 to critical acclaim.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Leaf Music","offers":[{"title":"FLAC 96 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56742063341892,"sku":"LM303-7","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56742063374660,"sku":"LM303-14","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56742063407428,"sku":"LM303-15","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56742063440196,"sku":"LM303-16","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 512 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56742063472964,"sku":"LM303-21","price":35.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DXD 24 Bit \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56742063505732,"sku":"LM303-22","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DXD 32 Bit \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56742063538500,"sku":"LM303-35","price":28.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 192 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57344314704196,"sku":"LM303-6","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/7900\/2436\/files\/LM303.jpg?v=1778508371","url":"https:\/\/www.nativedsd.com\/products\/lm303-beethoven-violin-sonatas-op-30","provider":"NativeDSD Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}