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Hands down, this is
the recording to own of two of Beethoven's chamber music masterpieces, the
Kreutzer and
Spring Sonatas. It captures one of classical music's greatest duos--Vladimir Ashkenazy and Itzhak Perlman--at the height of their powers, and the results are glorious, made only better by a great digital re-mastering. The 1973 recording of the
Kreutzer is filled with impassioned playing (particularly in the case of Perlman) and spot-on tonality. The first movement is unbelievably riveting in the duo's capable hands.
Spring is slightly more restrained, but just as beautiful. Simply gorgeous. --
Jason Verlinde