This is the first movement of Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 9, commonly known as the "Kreutzer".
It was composed around the same time as the piano sonata masterpiece "Waldstein" was composed. This piece is said to be a masterpiece of violin sonata, and the world created by the competition between the piano and the violin is nothing short of wonderful. In addition, this masterpiece inspired the great Russian writer Tolstoy to write a novel titled "Kreutzer Sonata. The Czech composer Janacek was inspired by Tolstoy's work to write his famous String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata. It was a very influential piece.
After hearing a concerto with Hiroto Yashima, a violinist living in Germany, at a recital given by my musical advisor the year before last I have wanted to try to perform it in somehow. However, string solos are the devil of MIDI input, requiring very detailed sound adjustments to make it sound like a solo. Unlike the piano, strings do not decay naturally. On the contrary, strings are an instrument that allows the player to express his or her individuality by freely changing the sound within a single note. This is one of the reasons why it is so difficult to play strings.
Besides, it seems that there are only a few solo strings sound libraries that sound like live instruments. This time, I mainly used the violins from Spitfire Solo Strings, with some violins from VSL Synchron-ized Solo Stings overlaid.
The first movement, however, is a four-measure piece that begins with a tense forte overtone that suggests the whole of the piece, doesn't it? It took me a long time to make the first heavy note in particular. I learned a lot from this four bars of hammering to create the sound of the strings. The rest, the second and third movements...I hope I can manage to finish them by summer.
Title: Violin Sonata No.9 in A maijor, Op.47
Sound Source: Spitfire Solo Strings(Violin),Vienna Synchron Concert D-274(Piano)
Audio file format: mp3