Beethoven: Complete Works for Piano & Violoncello / Altstaedt, Lonquich

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Label
Alpha
Release Date
April 24, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
    • PERFORMER
      Lonquich, Altstaedt
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 24, 2020
    • UPC
      3760014195778
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA577
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. 12 Variations in G Major on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    2. I. Adagio sostenuto -

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    3. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    4. II. Rondo: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    5. I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo -

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    6. I. Allegro molto più tosto presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    7. II. Rondo: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    8. 12 Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in F Major, Op. 66

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    9. I. Allegro ma non tanto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    10. II. Scherzo: Allegro molto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    11. III. Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

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

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    13. I. Andante teneramente

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    14. II. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    15. III. Adagio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    16. IV. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    17. I. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    18. II. Adagio con moto sentimento d'affetto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    19. III. Allegro - Allegro fugato

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich


Beethoven’s output for cello and piano is fascinating because it covers every period of his career, from early to late, with references to Bach in op.69 and op.102 no.2 and an especially innovative and amazingly modern musical language. For this complete set, which includes the variations on themes from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus and Mozart’s Die Zauberflote, Nicolas Altstaedt was keen to record on an instrument with gut strings, a Guadagnini from Piacenza dated 1749, and using a Classical bow. Alexander Lonquich, his faithful recital partner – they been inseparable companions since the day Altstaedt replaced his teacher Boris Pergamenschikow at the last minute for a concert of Beethoven sonatas with Lonquich at the Beethovenfest in Bonn in 2004 – here plays a Graf fortepiano of 1826. The combination of these instruments produces a finely balanced sound and exceptional tone colors. This recording is Nicolas Altstaedt’s first for Alpha as a soloist. Others will follow, in very different genres, for eclecticism is the hallmark of this musician, among the most promising of the new generation.