ALL ROADS (Shea-Kim Duo)

In “All Roads,” the duo explores the evolving musical styles and sounds that passed through the cultural Mecca of Vienna. “We wanted to present composers who were connected to Vienna in increasingly distant ways, like travelers along a long road,” they wrote in the liner notes. “One cannot help but imagine generations of people from all different backgrounds living along a road that spans the world, but inevitably leads back to Vienna.”

Ludwig Beethoven’s Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 3 pushes the boundaries of the forms common at the time. Robert Schumann’s Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in A minor takes us through layers of precious colors and implosive emotions; Alfred Schnittke’s Suite in the Old Style is an homage to the past with his inevitable sense of humor; and Amy Beach’s Romance is a re-imagination of a genre that was already two centuries old. 

Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 12
[01] I. Allegro con spirito  09:00
[02] II. Adagio con molta espressione  06:37
[03] III. Rondo: Allegro molto  04:30

Alfred Schnittke 
Suite in the Old Style for Violin and Piano
[04] I. Pastorale: Moderato  04:17
[05] II. Ballet: Allegro  02:17
[06] III. Minuet: Tempo di Minuetto  03:48
[07] IV. Fugue: Allegro  02:29
[08] V. Pantomime: Andantino  05:26

Robert Schumann 
Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
[09] I. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck  08:13
[10] II. Allegretto  04:05
[11] III. Lebhaft  05:57

Amy Beach
Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23
[12] Andante espressivo  06:10