8051773573835

Beethoven: Complete Works For Cello And Piano

Pierre Fournier & Friedrich Gulda

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: WS121383

Release Date:  08 November 2019

Label:  Urania Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  8051773573835

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

  • Description

    Pierre Fournier has recorded this complete works for cello and piano by Beethoven twice: in 1967 with Wilhelm Kempff and the first time in 1959 (the one proposed in this edition), with Friedrich Gulda.

    Beethoven's Cello Works (Sonatas and Variations) were composed from 1797 to 1817. The first two Sonatas, those of Op. 5, already testify at the beginning of Beethoven's official catalogue the great importance that the composer gave to these young compositions. The Op. 5, however, is ahead of its time and, like the Sonata Pathetica, already expresses a totally personal and revolutionary style. The undisputed masterpiece of maturity is the Op. 69 of 1808, unanimously considered as his masterpiece for this instrumental formation. The last two Sonatas collected in Op. 102 of 1815 are already part of that mysterious and experimental period that will have its apex with the last, abstract, string quartets. The Variations created in this twenty-year period are wonderful pieces for Cello and Piano which, however, do not aspire to have their own personality.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Beethoven: Sonata for Cello & Piano n. 1 in F Major Op. 5 n. 1 - I. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro
      • 2. Beethoven: Sonata for Cello & Piano n. 1 in F Major Op. 5 n. 1 - II. Rondo: Allegro vivace
      • 3. Beethoven: Sonata for Cello & Piano n. 2 in G Minor Op. 5 n. 2 - I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo - Allegro molro più tosto presto
      • 4. Beethoven: Sonata for Cello & Piano n. 2 in G Minor Op. 5 n. 2 - II. Rondo: Allegro
      • 5. Beethoven: Sonata for Cello & Piano n. 3 in a Major Op. 69 - I. Allegro non tanto
      • 6. Beethoven: Sonata for Cello & Piano n. 3 in a Major Op. 69 - II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
      • 7. Beethoven: Sonata for Cello & Piano n. 3 in a Major Op. 69 - III. Adagio catabile - Allegro vivace

      Disc 2

      • 1. Beethoven: Sonata for Cello & Piano n. 4 in C Major Op. 102 n. 1 - I. Andante - Allegro vivace
      • 2. Beethoven: Sonata for Cello & Piano n. 4 in C Major Op. 102 n. 1 - II. Adagio. Allegro vivace
      • 3. Beethoven: Sonata for Cello & Piano n. 5 in D Major Op. 102 n. 2 - I. Allegro con brio
      • 4. Beethoven: Sonata for Cello & Piano n. 5 in D Major Op. 102 n. 2 - II. Adagio con molto sentimento d’affetto
      • 5. Beethoven: Sonata for Cello & Piano n. 5 in D Major Op. 102 n. 2 - III. Allegro - Allegro fugato
      • 6. Beethoven: 12 Variations in G Major on “See, the conqu’ring Hero Comes” from Händel’s J. Maccabäus WoO 45
      • 7. Beethoven: 7 Variations in E Flat Major on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte WoO 46
      • 8. Beethoven: 12 Variations in F Major on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte Op. 66