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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 7, 8, & 12 / Cascioli
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 7, 8, & 12 / Cascioli

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Details

Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Artist
Gianluca Cascioli
Format
CD
Label
Arcana
Released
Feb 16, 2024
Catalog #
A558
UPC
3760195735589

About

Beethoven’s music has always lain at the heart of Gianluca Cascioli’s research into interpretation. What distinguishes the present work is above all the choice of instrument: a fortepiano modelled on an 1805 Anton Walter built by Paul McNulty, an instrument equipped with both a moderator and the una corda stop, like the one that Beethoven asked the same builder to make in 1802. The recording is in fact dedicated to works composed and published between the years 1796 and 1802.

The interest in historical performance practices and original sources, which has increasingly become a defining mark of Cascioli’s performances, is another evident characteristic of this new recording, which features, among other things, arpeggiated chords, embellishments, ornamented fermatas and the use of rubato. All decisions on such matters, however, are always firmly founded on the sources, methods and treatises of Beethoven’s own day, as the artist himself explains in the interview included in the liner notes. Cascioli has now arrived at his twelfth recording of works by the great composer – the first for Arcana, after many issued on distinguished labels like Deutsche Grammophon and Harmonia Mundi.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 Rondo in C Major, Op. 51, No. 1 04:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    Rondo in C Major, Op. 51, No. 1
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Gianluca Cascioli
  2. 2 I. Presto 07:39
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Presto
    Duration
    07:39
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Gianluca Cascioli
  3. 3 II. Largo e mesto 09:18
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Largo e mesto
    Duration
    09:18
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Gianluca Cascioli
  4. 4 III. Menuetto: Allegro 02:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegro
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Gianluca Cascioli
  5. 5 IV. Rondo: Allegro 04:21
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Gianluca Cascioli
  6. 6 I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio 10:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
    Duration
    10:07
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Gianluca Cascioli
  7. 7 II. Adagio cantabile 04:32
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Adagio cantabile
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Gianluca Cascioli
  8. 8 III. Rondo: Allegro 04:51
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Gianluca Cascioli
  9. 9 I. Andante con variazioni 07:39
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Andante con variazioni
    Duration
    07:39
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Gianluca Cascioli
  10. 10 II. Scherzo: Allegro molto 02:52
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegro molto
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Gianluca Cascioli
  11. 11 III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe 05:39
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Gianluca Cascioli
  12. 12 IV. Allegro 03:14
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Gianluca Cascioli