In 1794 Beethoven began studying counterpoint with Albrechtsberger. He wrote three works in the style of his teachers ‘sonatas’-slow movements with fugues. Here are two of them.
Beethoven-Adagio & Fuge Hess 29 E minor
PSS and Carolin Ann Widmann-Violins
Susie Winkworth-Cello
Beethoven-Praeludium & Fuge Hess 31 C major
Kreutzer Quartet
Recorded London 2002
Engineer: Jonathan Haskell www.astoundingsounds.co.uk