This second volume of the complete recordings of Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas by Thomas Albertus Irnberger and Michael Korstick could hardly open more energetically than with the Sonata No.8 in G, op. 30/3. The composer’s first Sonatas for violin and piano op. 12/1-3, composed during the years 1797-98, contain, despite their early date of creation and formal stylistic in accordance to Mozart’s ideal, unmistakable elements of his later compositional style, which challenged his contemporaries' critical taste accordingly. “… the current champions in the Beethoven Ring.” (Radio Bremen)
