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Beethoven - Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No. 1
Cello Sonatas No. 1 and No. 2, Op. 5, are two sonatas for cello and piano written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1796, while he was in Berlin. While there, Beethoven met the King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm II, an ardent music-lover and keen cellist. Although the sonatas are dedicated to Friedrich Wilhelm II, Ferdinand Ries tells us that Beethoven "played several times at the court, where he also played the two cello sonatas, opus 5, composed for Duport (the King's first cellist) and himself". Although Jean-Pierre Duport was one of the King's teachers, it is now thought to have been his brother Jean-Louis Duport who had the honor of premiering these sonatas.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cello_Sonatas_Nos._1_and_2_(Beethoven)
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Special offer. Beethoven: Sonatas for Cello and Piano
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Alexei Grynyuk (piano)
Grynyuk handles his part with delicacy and flexibility, and his articulation throughout this recording is pellucid even at top speed. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2019, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 and variations
RecommendedAndrás Schiff (piano) & Miklós Perényi (cello)
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Building a Library, December 2008, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2004, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, December 2021, Also Recommended
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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... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th January 2014
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2014, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Finalist - Chamber
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Special offer. Beethoven - Complete Music for Cello & Piano
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Jean Françaix (piano), Maurice Gendron (cello)
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Beethoven - Complete Works for Piano & Cello
RecommendedAdrian Brendel (cello) & Alfred Brendel (piano)
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Building a Library, March 2005, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2005, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 and variations
RecommendedMischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (piano)
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Building A Library, December 2021, Also Recommended
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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. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Winner - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Engineered Classical Album
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Special offer. Beethoven: Complete Works For Cello And Piano
Pierre Fournier (cello), Friedrich Gulda (piano)
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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... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2016, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Alisa Weilerstein’s sound has a generous warmth, and Barnatan’s has a delicate malleability, so these players complement each other nicely. —
