Beethoven: Cello Sonatas

Artist:

Steven Isserlis, Robert Levin

Format:

Compact Disc (Audio)

No of Discs:

Availability:

Available

Release Date:

01-01-2014

Genres:

Chamber Music, Classical

Label:

Hyperion Records Ltd

Barcode:

034571179810

Packaging:

Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

Catalog Number:

CDA67981-2

Description

?Isserlis?s playing always has spirit to spare. But the fortepiano ensures an even fresher sense of discovery to his cello odyssey? (The Guardian) In this new chamber recording, Steven Isserlis together with his regular collaborator, fortepianist Robert Levin, presents a magisterial and long-awaited compendium of Beethoven?s complete works for cello and piano, including Beethoven?s arrangement of his Op 17 Horn Sonata. The use of the fortepiano opens up a wealth of sonic possibilities for these works. The five Cello Sonatas span Beethoven?s compositional epochs and comprise the most important cycle of cello sonatas in the entire repertoire. Isserlis writes that the composer ?transforms himself from confident virtuoso to supreme master of classical form, and then beyond that to a mystic exploring strange new worlds of unearthly beauty?a wondrous transfiguration?.

Tracks

Name
Cello Sonata in F major Op 5 No 1 | Adagio sostenuto [2'47]
Cello Sonata in F major Op 5 No 1 | Allegro [14'11]
Cello Sonata in F major Op 5 No 1 | Allegro vivace [7'03]
Cello Sonata in G minor Op 5 No 2 | Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo [5'19]
Cello Sonata in G minor Op 5 No 2 | Allegro molto piu tosto presto [14'12]
Cello Sonata in G minor Op 5 No 2 | Rondo | Allegro [9'16]
Cello Sonata in A major Op 69 | Allegro, ma non tanto [12'35]
Cello Sonata in A major Op 69 | Scherzo | Allegro molto [5'24]
Cello Sonata in A major Op 69 | Adagio cantabile [1'30]
Cello Sonata in A major Op 69 | Allegro vivace [7'28]
Cello Sonata in C major Op 102 No 1 | Andante [2'53]
Cello Sonata in C major Op 102 No 1 | Allegro vivace [5'11]
Cello Sonata in C major Op 102 No 1 | Adagio Tempo dandante [3'15]
Cello Sonata in C major Op 102 No 1 | Allegro vivace [4'28]
Cello Sonata in D major Op 102 No 2 | Allegro con brio [6'43]
Cello Sonata in D major Op 102 No 2 | Adagio con molto sentimento daffetto [8'12]
Cello Sonata in D major Op 102 No 2 | Allegro Allegro fugato [4'34]
Variations in G major on See the conquring hero comes from Handels Judas Maccabaeus WoO45&l
Variations in F major on Ein Madchen oder Weibchen from Mozarts Die Zauberflote Op 66<
Variations in E flat major on Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen from Mozarts Die Zauberfl?
Horn Sonata in F major Op 17 | Allegro moderato [7'50]
Horn Sonata in F major Op 17 | Poco adagio, quasi andante [1'19]
Horn Sonata in F major Op 17 | Rondo | Allegro moderato [5'05]

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