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Beethoven: Complete Cello Sonatas & Variations / Testori, Mastroprimiano
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Beethoven: Complete Cello Sonatas & Variations / Testori, Mastroprimiano

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Details

Composer
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
Artist
Testori, Mastroprimiano
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Oct 16, 2020
Catalog #
BRI96174
UPC
5028421961743

About

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.

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 I. Adagio sostenuto - 02:22
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adagio sostenuto -
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano
  2. 2 I. Allegro 13:42
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    13:42
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano
  3. 3 II. Rondo: Allegro vivace 06:43
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Rondo: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    06:43
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano
  4. 4 I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo - 04:16
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo -
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano
  5. 5 I. Allegro molto più tosto presto 10:04
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro molto più tosto presto
    Duration
    10:04
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano
  6. 6 II. Rondo: Allegro 09:11
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    09:11
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano
  7. 7 I. Allegro ma non tanto 12:16
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non tanto
    Duration
    12:16
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano
  8. 8 II. Scherzo: Allegro molto 05:09
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegro molto
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano
  9. 9 III. Adagio cantabile - 01:15
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Adagio cantabile -
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano
  10. 10 III. Allegro vivace 06:44
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    06:44
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano
  11. 11 I. Andante teneramente - 02:38
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Andante teneramente -
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano
  12. 12 II. Allegro vivace 05:06
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    05:06
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano
  13. 13 III. Adagio - Tempo d'andante 02:09
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Adagio - Tempo d'andante
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano
  14. 14 IV. Tempo d'andante - 04:07
    Track
    14
    Title
    IV. Tempo d'andante -
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano
  15. 15 I. Allegro con brio 06:05
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    06:05
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano
  16. 16 II. Adagio con moto sentimento d'affetto 06:15
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Adagio con moto sentimento d'affetto
    Duration
    06:15
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano
  17. 17 III. Allegro - Allegro fugato 04:12
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Allegro - Allegro fugato
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano
  18. 18 12 Variations in G Major on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45 12:03
    Track
    18
    Title
    12 Variations in G Major on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45
    Duration
    12:03
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano
  19. 19 Variations in E-Flat Major on Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, WoO 46 08:58
    Track
    19
    Title
    Variations in E-Flat Major on Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, WoO 46
    Duration
    08:58
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano
  20. 20 12 Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in F Major, Op. 66 10:03
    Track
    20
    Title
    12 Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in F Major, Op. 66
    Duration
    10:03
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Marco Testori, Costantino Mastroprimiano