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 remastering. 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