Composer: Léon Boëllmann, Reinhold Glière, Paul Juon, Sergey Rachmaninov, Charles Camille Saint-Saëns, Joseph Woelfl
Performer: Reiner Ginzel, Gitti Pirner
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hänssler
Catalogue: HC23009
Release: 2023
Size: 560 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Juon: Märchen, Op. 8
Boëllmann: Cello Sonata, Op. 40
02. I. Maestoso – Allegro con fuoco
03. II. Andante
04. III. Allegro Molto
05. Saint-Saëns: Romance, Op. 36
Woelfl: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 31
06. I. Largo – Allegro Molto
07. II. Andante
08. III. Allegro
09. Rachmaninov: Lied (Romance) in F minor
10. Glière: Ballade for Cello and Piano, Op. 4
When Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his first two sonatas for piano and violoncello (op. 5) in 1796, he was entering new compositional territory. Violin sonatas already existed; Mozart had already written several, but the cello had not yet established itself as a solo instrument equal to the violin in chamber music. During this period, i.e. The second half of the 1790s, another composer emerged into the public sphere who was also on a par with Beethoven, if only as a pianist.