Beethoven: Cello Sonatas

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This set contains of the finest Beethoven performances you are likely to hear. Steven Isserlis is on blazing form: every note lives, every movement is characterised with infectious relish; his... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 6th Jan 2014
Catalogue No: CDA67981-2
Label: Hyperion
Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

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Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No. 1

Work length24:00

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Robert Levin (piano)

Ia. Adagio sostenuto –

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Ib. Allegro

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II. Allegro vivace

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Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2

Work length28:47

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Robert Levin (piano)

I. Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo

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II. Allegro molto più tosto presto

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III. Rondo: Allegro

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Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69

Work length26:58

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Robert Levin (piano)

I. Allegro, ma non tanto

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II. Scherzo: Allegro molto

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III. Adagio cantabile –

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IV. Allegro vivace

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Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102 No. 1

Work length15:46

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Robert Levin (piano)

I. Andante –

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II. Allegro vivace

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III. Adagio – Tempo d'andante –

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IV. Allegro vivace

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Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2

Work length19:27

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Robert Levin (piano)

I. Allegro con brio

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II. Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto

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III. Allegro – Allegro fugato

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Beethoven: Variations (12) on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45

Work length11:24

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Robert Levin (piano)

Beethoven: Variations (12) on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66

Work length9:16

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Robert Levin (piano)

Beethoven: Variations (7) on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Robert Levin (piano)

Beethoven: Horn Sonata in F major, Op. 17

Work length14:13

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Steven Isserlis (cello), Robert Levin (piano)

I. Allegro moderato

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II. Poco adagio, quasi andante

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III. Rondo: Allegro moderato

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Recording of the Week, Beethoven Cello Sonatas from Isserlis and Levin

6th January 2014

Playing on period instruments, the cellist and fortepianist get the year off to a tremendous start with spellbinding accounts of the complete cello sonatas, variations, and a transcription of the horn sonata.

‘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’.

Reviews

January 2014

This set contains of the finest Beethoven performances you are likely to hear. Steven Isserlis is on blazing form: every note lives, every movement is characterised with infectious relish; his range is breathtaking. The ensemble with Robert Levin is dynamic, intimate, often electric.

6th January 2014

I don’t think you will ever hear a more spine-tingling performance of the adagio in the final sonata than this. Both performers take great care in the shaping of phrases, matching every articulation whilst being acutely aware of the relative importance of hidden themes and rhythmic figures.

10th January 2014

Isserlis commands attention first, if only for the extraordinary bass growl of his cello’s bottom register...Isserlis’s love of big, throbbing gestures is equally apparent further up his cello. But he never chews the scenery and the music’s drama fully deserves the duo’s strong emotions, firm accenting and virile leaps.

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