Beethoven: Complete Works for Violoncello & Piano (2014)

There are curiously few complete cycles of Beethoven's five sonatas for cello and piano, given that the five, unlike the violin sonatas, were almost equally distributed among the composer's early, middle, and late periods, and that each one was in its way a formally daring work. The last two sonatas in particular, with their mysteriously lyrical third relations and compact finales, fugal in the case of the Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102/2, might be regarded as having inaugurated Beethoven's late period. Cellist Jean ... Read More

There are curiously few complete cycles of Beethoven's five sonatas for cello and piano, given that the five, unlike the violin sonatas, were almost equally distributed among the composer's early, middle, and late periods, and that each one was in its way a formally daring work. The last two sonatas in particular, with their mysteriously lyrical third relations and compact finales, fugal in the case of the Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102/2, might be regarded as having inaugurated Beethoven's late period. Cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and pianist Alexander Melnikov (here playing a modern piano unlike on the trio recording the pair made with violinist Isabelle Faust) have an efficient, quick, tough style that beautifully fits these late sonatas. They do well in the two sonatas of Op. 5, not trying to impose an artificial shape on what must have been at the time shockingly long opening movements. The Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69, might want a bit more broad middle-period sweep and lyricism,... Read Less

• All from $20.01
• New from $26.46
• Used from $20.01

• All Copies (2)
• CD (2)
• Choose Release (1)

• Music Details
• Seller
• Sort U.K./EUR Sellers Price: Low to High Price: High to Low Release Date Release Date: Rev Sellers Near Me

• CD, New 2014, Harmonia Mundi UPC: 3149020218327 See Item Details ▾

  Entertainment by Post - UK AVERAGE BRISTOL, SOUTH GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM

  $32.13 Add to Basket

  	Edition: 2014, Harmonia Mundi CD, New	Details: UPC: 3149020218327 Label: Harmonia Mundi Released: 2014 Alibris ID: 15742149551	Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: $1.65 Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
  Seller's Description: Ludwig van Beethoven. New.
  ► Contact This Seller
  Hide Details ▴

• Page 1 of 1

2014, Harmonia Mundi UPC: 3149020218327 CD Select