034571179810

Beethoven: Cello Sonatas

Steven Isserlis, Robert Levin

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: CDA67981-2

Release Date:  01 January 2014

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  034571179810

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

  • 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’.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. <b>Cello Sonata in F major Op 5 No 1 |</b> Adagio sostenuto [2'47]
      • 2. <b>Cello Sonata in F major Op 5 No 1 |</b> Allegro [14'11]
      • 3. <b>Cello Sonata in F major Op 5 No 1 |</b> Allegro vivace [7'03]
      • 4. <b>Cello Sonata in G minor Op 5 No 2 |</b> Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo [5'19]
      • 5. <b>Cello Sonata in G minor Op 5 No 2 |</b> Allegro molto più tosto presto [14'12]
      • 6. <b>Cello Sonata in G minor Op 5 No 2 |</b> Rondo | Allegro [9'16]
      • 7. <b>Cello Sonata in A major Op 69 | </b>Allegro, ma non tanto [12'35]
      • 8. <b>Cello Sonata in A major Op 69 | </b>Scherzo | Allegro molto [5'24]
      • 9. <b>Cello Sonata in A major Op 69 | </b>Adagio cantabile [1'30]
      • 10. <b>Cello Sonata in A major Op 69 | </b>Allegro vivace [7'28]

      Disc 2

      • 1. <b>Cello Sonata in C major Op 102 No 1 | </b>Andante [2'53]
      • 2. <b>Cello Sonata in C major Op 102 No 1 | </b>Allegro vivace [5'11]
      • 3. <b>Cello Sonata in C major Op 102 No 1 | </b>Adagio Tempo dandante [3'15]
      • 4. <b>Cello Sonata in C major Op 102 No 1 | </b>Allegro vivace [4'28]
      • 5. <b>Cello Sonata in D major Op 102 No 2 |</b> Allegro con brio [6'43]
      • 6. <b>Cello Sonata in D major Op 102 No 2 |</b> Adagio con molto sentimento daffetto [8'12]
      • 7. <b>Cello Sonata in D major Op 102 No 2 |</b> Allegro Allegro fugato [4'34]
      • 8. <b>Variations in G major on See the conquring hero comes from Handels Judas Maccabaeus WoO45&l
      • 9. <b>Variations in F major on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from Mozarts Die Zauberflöte Op 66<
      • 10. <b>Variations in E flat major on Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen from Mozarts Die ZauberflÃ
      • 11. <b>Horn Sonata in F major Op 17 |</b> Allegro moderato [7'50]
      • 12. <b>Horn Sonata in F major Op 17 |</b> Poco adagio, quasi andante [1'19]
      • 13. <b>Horn Sonata in F major Op 17 |</b> Rondo | Allegro moderato [5'05]