Beethoven: Complete Cello Sonatas & Variations / Testori, Mastroprimiano

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Label
Brilliant Classics
Release Date
October 16, 2020
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
    • PERFORMER
      Testori, Mastroprimiano
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 16, 2020
    • UPC
      5028421961743
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96174
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Adagio sostenuto -

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano

    2. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano

    3. II. Rondo: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano

    4. I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo -

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano

    5. I. Allegro molto più tosto presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano

    6. II. Rondo: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano

    7. I. Allegro ma non tanto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano

    8. II. Scherzo: Allegro molto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano

    9. III. Adagio cantabile -

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano

    10. III. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano

    11. I. Andante teneramente -

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano

    12. II. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano

    13. III. Adagio - Tempo d'andante

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano

    14. IV. Tempo d'andante -

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano

    15. I. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano

    16. II. Adagio con moto sentimento d'affetto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano

    17. III. Allegro - Allegro fugato

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano

    18. 12 Variations in G Major on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano

    19. Variations in E-Flat Major on Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, WoO 46

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano

    20. 12 Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in F Major, Op. 66

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano


Beethoven wrote sympathetically for the cello throughout his career, from the ardent, lyrical voice of the Op.1 piano trios onwards, and he rarely subjugated the instrument to its basso continuo role still prevalent in the works of Mozart and Haydn. He never contemplated a cello concerto, but his five sonatas, plus sets of crowd-pleasing variations on popular themes by Handel and Mozart, have attracted the great cellists of every era. However, the record catalogue boasts comparatively few period-instrument accounts, made according to the performing principles and bowing of Beethoven’s day, and so this new Brilliant Classics set promises a new and refreshing perspective on some perennially audacious masterpieces. The Op.5 Sonatas are intended to astound as well as to innovate. For the first time in the history of the cello repertoire, both instruments were invested with equal importance. The piano writing is scarcely less bold and quick-thinking, requiring both musicians to turn on a sixpence from soloist to accompanist and back again, emulating the more equal dialogue of a string quartet. Formal novelty is also in evidence, in the expanded slow introductions and then in the four-movement structures of Op.69 and Op.102 No.1. In every way the last sonatas belong to Beethoven’s late period: posing questions to listeners as well as performers with every bar, transcending the limits of the instruments to sing and shout, contemplate and argue. The partnership of Mario Testori and Costantino Mastroprimiano is an experienced one, with a well-received Brilliant Classics album (95023) of late-Classical sonatas by Hummel, Moscheles and Ries to its credit. The pianist also contributes an enlightening booklet essay to this valuable contribution to the Beethoven anniversary year.