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Beethoven: The Conquering Hero - Complete Works for Cello and Piano / Kloetzel, Koenig
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Beethoven: The Conquering Hero - Complete Works for Cello and Piano / Kloetzel, Koenig

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Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Artist
Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig
Format
CD
Label
Avie Records
Released
Jan 21, 2022
Catalog #
AV2450
UPC
822252245028

About

Jennifer Kloetzel’s lifelong journey with Beethoven began early: she was eight years old when her teacher placed the composer’s second cello sonata on her music stand, opening the door to an odyssey of intrigue and, ultimately, obsession with the composer’s music. Since then, rarely has a day passed without Beethoven being a part of Jennifer’s life. She has studied and performed all of the composer’s duos and trios. As founding cellist of the Cypress String Quartet, she spent 20 years rehearsing, performing and recording the string quartets. Jennifer now arrives at a career milestone with this recording of Beethoven’s Complete Works for Cello and Piano. Views vary as to what comprises Beethoven’s “complete” works for cello and piano. Jennifer’s discerning choice includes the five Sonatas for Cello and Piano, three sets of variations – based on arias from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus – and the Horn sonata for which the composer also wrote a cello part. Jennifer spares no attention to detail across the entire spectrum of this significant recording project. Her performing partner Robert Koenig plays on a 19th century Blüthner concert grand piano. The illuminating liner notes are penned by Beethoven scholar William Meredith who boldly states, “if there were only the five cello sonatas of Beethoven left of all his music, these alone would have cemented his place in history.” The recording was made in the stellar acoustic of Skywalker Sound. The 3-album set is lavishly packaged in a deluxe digipack. The title track, “The Conquering Hero” – from the opening set of variations from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus – evokes everything for Jennifer about Beethoven’s music, coming from a place of triumph and joy.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 12 Variations in G Major on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45 13:09
    Track
    1
    Title
    12 Variations in G Major on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45
    Duration
    13:09
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig
  3. 2 I. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro 18:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro
    Duration
    18:37
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig
  4. 3 II. Rondo: Allegro vivace 07:21
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Rondo: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    07:21
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig
  5. 4 I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo - Allegro molto più tosto presto 20:44
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo - Allegro molto più tosto presto
    Duration
    20:44
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig
  6. 5 II. Rondo: Allegro 09:23
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    09:23
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig
  7. Disc 2
  8. 1 12 Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in F Major, Op. 66 11:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    12 Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in F Major, Op. 66
    Duration
    11:14
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig
  9. 2 I. Allegro moderato 08:03
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    08:03
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig
  10. 3 II. Poco adagio, quasi andante - 01:33
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Poco adagio, quasi andante -
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig
  11. 4 III. Rondo: Allegro moderato 05:02
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro moderato
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig
  12. 5 Variations in E-Flat Major on Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, WoO 46 10:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    Variations in E-Flat Major on Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, WoO 46
    Duration
    10:10
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig
  13. Disc 3
  14. 1 I. Allegro ma non tanto 13:43
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non tanto
    Duration
    13:43
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig
  15. 2 II. Scherzo: Allegro molto 05:54
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegro molto
    Duration
    05:54
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig
  16. 3 III. Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace 09:15
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace
    Duration
    09:15
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig
  17. 4 I. Andante - Allegro vivace 07:59
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Andante - Allegro vivace
    Duration
    07:59
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig
  18. 5 II. Adagio: Tempo d'andante - Allegro vivace 07:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio: Tempo d'andante - Allegro vivace
    Duration
    07:38
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig
  19. 6 I. Allegro con brio 07:26
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    07:26
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig
  20. 7 II. Adagio con moto sentimento d'affetto 09:39
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Adagio con moto sentimento d'affetto
    Duration
    09:39
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig
  21. 8 III. Allegro - Allegro fugato 04:48
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Allegro - Allegro fugato
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig