Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 2
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 2
Gabriel Schwabe (cello), Nicholas Rimmer (piano)
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Release Date: Friday 8 November 2024
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After establishing a new genre with his Sonatas for Piano and Cello, Op. 5, Beethoven returned
to it a decade later, working on his Sonata in A major, Op. 69 in parallel with his Fifth and Sixth
symphonies. With its unexpected shifts of harmony and mood, this is a work filled with virtuoso
flourishes and experimental surprise, elements shared in the defiance of convention and lyrical
brilliance of the two Sonatas, Op. 102. Beethoven considered Handel to be 'the greatest
composer that ever lived', demonstrating pianistic dexterity in the Variations, WoO 45 on the
popular melody 'See the conqu'ring hero comes'.
Tracks:
1-3 Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 (1808)
4-16 Twelve Variations on 'See the conqu'ring hero comes' from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus in G major, WoO 45
17-18 Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102, No. 1
19-21 Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102, No. 2
