This monumental sonata, originally composed for a violinist named George Bridgetower, with whom Beethoven had a falling out after the former insulted a woman Beethoven held in high regard. He later dedicated it to Rudlophe Kreutzer, considered to be the finest violinist of his time. Imagine his horror when Kreutzer hated it and refused to play it!  He described the work as “unintelligible” and would not even look at it after their first and only meeting!…