Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 and variations

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Haimovitz and O'Riley are intelligent and sympathetic of these sonatas, and also of the three shorter sets of variations. — International Record Review, March 2015

Release Date: 16th Feb 2015
Catalogue No: PTC5186475
Label: Pentatone
Series: Oxingale Series
Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

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

Work length23:32

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Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley
Recorded: January 2014
Recording Venue: Skywalker Sound, Lucas Valley, California, United States

I. Adagio sostenuto

Track length2:33

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I. Allegro

Track length14:11

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II. Rondo: Allegro vivace

Track length6:48

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

Work length9:57

$2.00

$2.60

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Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley
Recorded: January 2014
Recording Venue: Skywalker Sound, Lucas Valley, California, United States

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

Work length26:56

$6.00

$7.75

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Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley
Recorded: January 2014
Recording Venue: Skywalker Sound, Lucas Valley, California, United States

I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo

Track length4:53

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II. Allegro molto piu tosto presto

Track length13:22

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III. Rondo: Allegro

Track length8:41

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

Work length11:27

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$5.25

Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley
Recorded: January 2014
Recording Venue: Skywalker Sound, Lucas Valley, California, United States

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

Work length26:14

$6.00

$7.75

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Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley
Recorded: January 2014
Recording Venue: Skywalker Sound, Lucas Valley, California, United States

I. Allegro non tanto

Track length12:40

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II. Scherzo: Allegro molto

Track length5:19

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III. Adagio cantabile

Track length1:27

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III. Allegro vivace

Track length6:48

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

Work length9:06

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Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley
Recorded: January 2014
Recording Venue: Skywalker Sound, Lucas Valley, California, United States

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

Work length13:41

$4.00

$5.20

$7.00

Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley
Recorded: January 2014
Recording Venue: Skywalker Sound, Lucas Valley, California, United States

I. Andante teneramente

Track length2:17

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II. Allegro vivace

Track length4:47

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III. Adagio - Tempo d'andante

Track length2:16

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IV. Allegro vivace

Track length4:21

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

Work length18:53

$4.00

$5.20

$7.00

Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley
Recorded: January 2014
Recording Venue: Skywalker Sound, Lucas Valley, California, United States

I. Allegro con brio

Track length6:29

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$1.30

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II. Adagio con moto sentimento d'affetto

Track length8:16

$2.00

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III. Allegro - Allegro fugato

Track length4:08

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Having shared ideas and projects for some time, there was no doubt for Pentatone to join forces with Oxingale Records. This is a union of two innovative and devoted recording companies with a long history of producing reputable records and collaborating with esteemed artists. We are pleased to have you join us in celebrating this milestone as it gives way to a tremendously intriguing and inquisitive series of co-productions for you, our customers and ourselves. The first title in the Pentatone Oxingale series in Beethoven, Period. This release features the complete sonatas and variations for fortepiano and violoncello, recorded on period instruments. In this collaboration, Matt Haimovitz plays his own Goffriller cello, crafted in Venice, Italy in 1710 – outfitted with ox-gut strings also from Italy and an early 19th Century rosewood tailpiece and drawn by a Dominique Peccatte bow of the same era, while Christopher O’Riley plays on an original Broadwood fortepiano made in 1823. Delivered in Pentatone’s signature warm, dynamic and detailed sound, this recording gives an opportunity for a straight encounter with the power of the rich interaction between the two instruments. Both Haimovitz and O’Riley engage themselves with the music, playing with welcome harmony and delightful phrasing from beginning to end, producing a dramatic and lyrical effect. Be prepared to be mesmerised by every single one of their electrifying phrases.

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March 2015

Haimovitz and O'Riley are intelligent and sympathetic of these sonatas, and also of the three shorter sets of variations.

Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 and variations

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