Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Gabriel Schwabe, Nicholas Rimmer
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8574529
Release: 2024
Size: 1.22 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5 No. 1
01. I. Adagio sostenuto – II. Allegro
02. III. Rondo. Allegro vivace
12 Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen”, Op. 66
03. Thema. Allegretto
04. Var. 1
05. Var. 2
06. Var. 3
07. Var. 4
08. Var. 5
09. Var. 6
10. Var. 7
11. Var. 8
12. Var. 9
13. Var. 10, Adagio
14. Var. 11, Poco adagio quasi andante
15. Var. 12, Allegro
Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5 No. 2
16. I. Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo – II. Allegro molto più tosto presto
17. III. Rondo. Allegro
7 Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen”, WoO 46
18. Theme. Andante
19. Var. 1
20. Var. 2
21. Var. 3
22. Var. 4
23. Var. 5, Si prenda il tempo un poco più vivace
24. Var. 6, Adagio
25. Var. 7, Allegro ma non troppo
Intent on developing the reputation he had won in Vienna, Beethoven undertook an extensive tour ending in Berlin, home to the cello-playing Frederick William II. There he unveiled his Sonatas for Piano and Cello, Op. 5 with one of the famed Duport brothers playing cello. These are revolutionary works, with neither instrument subservient and the piano fully independent, for which in the 1790s there was no precedent. Beethoven also wrote vivacious variations on operatic music by Mozart where light-hearted playfulness and dramatic rivalry are energising features.