Beethoven - Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
The Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69, is the third of five cello sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven. He composed it in 1807–08, during his productive middle period. It was first performed in 1809 by cellist Nikolaus Kraft and pianist Dorothea von Ertmann, a student of Beethoven. Published by Breitkopf & Härtel the same year, it was dedicated to Freiherr Ignaz von Gleichenstein, Beethoven's friend and an amateur cellist. The sonata was successful with audiences from the beginning.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cello_Sonata_No._3_(Beethoven)
-
Watkins and Bax have embraced Beethoven's fire and storms, but also found beauty and balance that others miss. Certainly it feels as though a new Beethoven cello sonatas benchmark has landed. —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, June 2026, Recording of the Month
-
-
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... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 6th January 2014
-
Gramophone Magazine, February 2014, Disc of the Month
-
Gramophone Awards, 2014, Finalist - Chamber
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
-
-
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 and variations
RecommendedAndrás Schiff (piano) & Miklós Perényi (cello)
Awards:
-
Building a Library, December 2008, First Choice
-
Gramophone Magazine, December 2004, Editor's Choice
-
Building A Library, December 2021, Also Recommended
-
-
Beethoven - Complete Music for Cello & Piano
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Jean Françaix (piano), Maurice Gendron (cello)
-
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 and variations
RecommendedMischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (piano)
Awards:
-
Building A Library, December 2021, Also Recommended
-
-
Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello & Piano
Recorded in l’Arsenal, Metz in January 2015 by Nicolas Bartholomée & Maximilien Ciup (Little Tribeca)
Xavier Phillips (cello) & François-Frédéric Guy (piano)
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... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, January 2016, Disc of the Month
-
Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Chamber
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Special offer. Beethoven - Complete Works for Piano & Cello
RecommendedAdrian Brendel (cello) & Alfred Brendel (piano)
Awards:
-
Building a Library, March 2005, First Choice
-
Gramophone Magazine, March 2005, Editor's Choice
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Grynyuk handles his part with delicacy and flexibility, and his articulation throughout this recording is pellucid even at top speed. —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
-
BBC Music Magazine, July 2019, Chamber Choice
-
Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
-
-
Special offer. Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 and variations
Matt Haimovitz (cello), Christopher O'Riley (fortepiano)
Haimovitz and O'Riley are intelligent and sympathetic of these sonatas, and also of the three shorter sets of variations. —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, April 2015, Editor's Choice
-
-
The readings have a lived-in quality: lively, warm, articulate, spacious and deeply felt on the plus side, a little frayed around the edges and tending towards the baggy on the other. —
Awards:
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
-
Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Winner - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
-
Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Engineered Classical Album
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
