Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello & Piano: Recorded in l’Arsenal, Metz in January 2015 by Nicolas Bartholomée & Maximilien Ciup (Little Tribeca)

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these are really fine, dynamic accounts, with virtuosity appropriately to the fore…Guy and Phillips succeed in plumbing the depths of the latter sonata's middle movement - the only sustained... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Oct 2015
Catalogue No: EVCD015
Label: Evidence Classics
Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

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

Work length10:35

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François-Frédéric Guy, Xavier Phillips

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

Work length8:38

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François-Frédéric Guy, Xavier Phillips

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

Work length8:44

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François-Frédéric Guy, Xavier Phillips

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

Work length21:51

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François-Frédéric Guy, Xavier Phillips

I. Adagio sostenuto - II. Allegro

Track length15:48

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III. Rondo. Allegro vivace

Track length6:03

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

Work length25:25

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François-Frédéric Guy, Xavier Phillips

I. Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo - II. Allegro molto piu tosto presto

Track length17:29

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III. Rondo. Allegro

Track length7:56

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

Work length24:09

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François-Frédéric Guy, Xavier Phillips

I. Allegro, ma non tanto

Track length11:45

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II. Scherzo (Allegro molto)

Track length4:54

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III. Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace

Track length7:30

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

Work length13:13

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François-Frédéric Guy, Xavier Phillips

I. Andante - Allegro vivace

Track length6:46

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II. Adagio - Allegro vivace

Track length6:27

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

Work length19:10

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François-Frédéric Guy, Xavier Phillips

I. Allegro con brio

Track length6:12

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II. Adagio con moto sentimento d'affetto

Track length8:48

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III. Allegro - Allegro fugato

Track length4:10

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Act III of François-Frédéric Guy's Beethoven Project. On the programme: Beethoven's complete music for cello and piano with cellist Xavier Phillips, recorded by Nicolas Bartholomée at the Arsenal in Metz. In 2008 Guy embarked on a major Beethoven project that has included recording and performing in concert all 32 Beethoven Sonatas and the 5 Piano Concertos. Guy is a dedicated chamber musician and he regularly performs Beethoven’s chamber music for strings and piano as well, with Tedi Papavrami and Xavier Phillips. As part of the Beethoven project, Guy has performed the complete cycle of 32 Sonatas in Washington, Paris, Monaco and recently at the Festival Berlioz in La Côte-Saint-André (August 2013). Born in Paris, Xavier Phillips started playing the cello at the age of 6. His encounter with Mstislav Rostropovitch proved especially fruitful since it marked the beginning of a long collaboration during which Xavier Phillips received the guidance and encouragement of the master cellist.

His eclectic and varied discography has been warmly welcomed by the critics. His last recording – dedicated to Dutilleux “Tout un monde lointain” – received tremendous reviews and was nominated three times for the Grammy Awards 2015. Xavier Phillips plays on a Matteo Gofriller cello from 1710.

Reviews

February 2016

these are really fine, dynamic accounts, with virtuosity appropriately to the fore…Guy and Phillips succeed in plumbing the depths of the latter sonata's middle movement - the only sustained slow movement Beethoven wrote for this ensemble

CD Review 13th February 2016

I think this is extraordinary, it’s been a total eye-opener for me, I’ve had great pleasure from the entire set. I think what’s brilliant is that not only do the late pieces come across as total consummate masterpieces, but they bring so much to the earlier pieces as well.

January 2016

One of the finest aspects of this new set is a sense of absolute rightness about each of the tempi chosen...A wonderful recording of Beethoven’s cello and piano music, one which emphasises the equal role of each player, and how the best collaborations raise the music to a level higher still...It’s a recording that brings this sublime music into your living room in the most natural manner possible.

February 2016

this recording from Xavier Phillips and François-Frédéric Guy is one of the most admirable I know in this repertoire. The sound is nicely transparent and full of colour, especially in the detail of the marginally more forward cello sound.

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Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello & Piano

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