Beethoven: Cello Sonatas

Alisa Weilerstein’s sound has a generous warmth, and Barnatan’s has a delicate malleability, so these players complement each other nicely. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 3rd Jun 2022
Catalogue No: PTC5186884
Label: Pentatone
Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

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

Work length24:14

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Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Inon Barnatan (piano)

I. Adagio sostenuto - II. Allegro

Track length17:29

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III. Rondo. Allegro vivace

Track length6:45

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

Work length22:24

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Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Inon Barnatan (piano)

I. Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo

Track length5:48

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II. Allegro molto più tosto presto

Track length7:34

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III. Rondo. Allegro

Track length9:02

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

Work length27:28

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Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Inon Barnatan (piano)

I. Allegro ma non tanto

Track length13:26

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II. Scherzo. Allegro molto

Track length5:22

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III. Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace

Track length8:40

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

Work length15:25

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Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Inon Barnatan (piano)

I. Andante - Allegro vivace

Track length7:47

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II. Adagio - Allegro vivace

Track length7:38

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

Work length20:51

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Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Inon Barnatan (piano)

I. Allegro con brio

Track length6:53

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II. Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto

Track length9:24

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III. Allegro

Track length4:34

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Cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Inon Barnatan present a complete recording of Beethoven’s Cello Sonatas. Composed over a span of nearly twenty years, these works not only contain some of the most appealing and lyrical music Beethoven wrote, but also allow the listener to trace his exceptional artistic development. The Third Sonata, moreover, is a watershed in sonata writing, arguably presenting the cello and piano as fully equal partners for the first time in music history.

The richness of these works fully comes to life in the interpretation of Weilerstein and Barnatan, who have – besides glorious solo careers – also proven to be one of the most congenial chamber music tandems of our times. Their wonderful musical partnership and profound friendship shines through in each of these sonatas.

Since signing an exclusive contract with PENTATONE, Alisa Weilerstein has released Transfigured Night (2018) as well as Bach’s Cello Suites (2020), while also featuring on Old Souls (2019) and Inon Barnatan’s Beethoven Piano Concertos Part 1 (2019), on which she performed the composer’s Triple Concerto. This album was part of Inon Barnatan’s complete Beethoven piano concertos recordings on PENTATONE, of which Part 2 appeared in 2020. 2021 saw the release of his solo album Time Traveler’s Suite.

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July 2022

Alisa Weilerstein’s sound has a generous warmth, and Barnatan’s has a delicate malleability, so these players complement each other nicely.

July 2022

if you’re after a recording that’ll blow open the windows of this music and scour away your preconceptions – well, look no further than Weilerstein and Barnatan.

14th May 2022

The test piece for anyone sampling these excellent sets is the best known sonata, No 3 in A major Op 69, in which piano and cello find full equality. A peerless technician, Weilerstein embraces both the expansive lyricism and fragile intensity of this work, the singing melodies contrasted with explosive “middle period” drama.

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