Beethoven: The Cello Sonatas
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Cello Sonatas
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) & Alexei Grynyuk (piano)
[ Onyx / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 3 May 2019
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The five cello sonatas span Beethoven's three creative periods, with the audacious op.5 sonatas dating from the early years on his time in Vienna as a piano virtuoso and aspiring composer (1792-9), the great op.69 sonata is from the period that saw the composition of symphonies 4-8, the violin concerto, Mass in C and the String Quartets op59. The two op102 sonatas are from the cusp of the 'late' period, this is the time of the 9th Symphony, the Missa Solemnis, the great string quartets op127 - 135 and the last five piano sonatas.
The cello and piano are truly equal partners in all these works, and Beethoven exploited the full range of the cello placing great demands on the player. The op.17 sonatas from the 1790s was composed for horn and piano. The transcription is believed to be by the composer, or at least approved by him.
"In Leonard Elschenbroich and Alexei Grynyuk's hands, these sonatas' staggering invention is impossible to ignore. The musicians' success comes, at least in part, from scrupulous attention to the composer's markings in matters of dynamics and articulation… They can drive the music hard in fast movements, although their playing always breathes naturally." - Gramophone
Tracks:
Cello Sonatas Nos. 1&2 op.5
Horn Sonata op.17 (transcribed for cello)
Cello Sonata No.3 op.69
Cello Sonatas Nos.4&5 op.102
