Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 And 2, Op. 102 And Op. 69

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Release Date: 12 January 1999

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Composer/Series: BEETHOVEN

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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)Sonatas for Cello and Piano Sonata in C major, Op. 102, No.1 Sonata in D major, Op. 102, No.2 Sonata in A major, Op. 69 Ludwig van Beethoven was born in the Rhineland city of Bonn in1770, the son of Johann van Beethoven, a singer in the musical establishment of theArchbishop of Cologne, and, more significantly, grandson of his namesake, formerKapellmeister to the same prince. Trained as a musician, he followed his father andgrandfather in the archiepiscopal service, and in 1787 was despatched to Vienna forlessons with Mozart. This first journey south came to nothing. Recalled to Bonn by news ofhis mother's illness, Beethoven remained there after her death, responsible for hisyounger brothers, as his father's dissolute way of life rendered him increasinglyincapable.In 1792 Beethoven was allowed to travel once again to Vienna,this time for lessons with Haydn. In the imperial capital he benefited from introductionsto the discriminating leaders of society and among them found patrons of infinitepatience. Lessons with Haydn were unsatisfactory, but he had no complaints aboutinstruction from Albrechtsberger and in Italian word-setting from the old Court ComposerAntonio Salieri. At the same time he established himself as a remarkable keyboard-player,his improvisations as significant as his compositions.The onset of deafness, the first signs of which had becomeapparent by 1800, led Beethoven into an increasingly isolated existence, hiseccentricities augmented by his situation. Remaining in Vienna, he became a dominantfigure in the music of his time, exploring new possibilities in a way that was to exercisethe strongest influence on his successors. He died in 1827.Like Mozart before him, Beethoven was trained both as akeyboard-player and as a violinist, although in Vienna the second skill was neglected. Forcello and piano he wrote five sonatas and three sets of variations, the first compositionsin 1796 and the last in 1815, the year of the battle of Waterloo, the whole periodcoincident with Napoleon's rise and fall. These twenty years contain Beethoven'sdevelopment as a composer, from the first piano sonatas under the influence of Haydn tothe great Hammerklavier Sonata written for his royal patron, the Archduke Rudolph. Thecello sonatas too reflect changes in the composer's style, the increasing fondness forcounterpoint and greater freedom in contrapuntal effects, together with innovations, oftenstartling in classical terms, in both form and texture.Beethoven's A major CelloSonata, Opus 69, was written in 1808 and dedicated to his intimate friend BaronIgnaz von Gleichenstein, an amateur cellist, who helped the composer in business matters,arranging his pension from a group of rich patrons in 1809 and joining with him in thecourtship of the sisters Anna and Therese Malfatti, the first of whom marriedGleichenstein in 1811, bringing his close friendship with Beethoven to an end. On thededication copy of the sonata Beethoven
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