Beethoven: Complete Cello Sonatas & Variations (2CD)

Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827

Complete Sonatas & Variations

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                71’49

Cello Sonata in F Op.5 No.1

1. I. Adagio sostenuto 2’22
2. II. Allegro 13’42
3. III. Rondo: Allegro vivace 6’43

Cello Sonata in G minor Op.5 No.2

4. I. Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo 4’16
5. II. Allegro molto, piu tosto presto 10’04
6. III. Rondò: Allegro 9’11

Cello Sonata in A Op.69

7. I. Allegro ma non tanto 12’16
8. II. Scherzo. Allegro molto 5’09
9. III. Adagio cantabile 1’15
10. IV. Allegro vivace 6’44

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                61’42

Cello Sonata in C Op.102 No.1

1. I. Andante 2’38
2. II. Allegro vivace 5’06
3. III. Adagio – Tempo d’andante 2’09

Cello Sonata in D Op.102 No.2

4. I. Allegro con brio 4’07
5. II. Adagio con molto sentimento d’affetto 6’05
6. III. Allegro - Allegro fugato 6’15
7. Variations on “See the conque’ring hero comes” 12’03

from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus Wo045

8. Variations on “Bei Männer, welche Liebe fühlen” 8’57

from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte Wo046

9. Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” 10’03

from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte Op.66

Marco Testoricello · Costantino Mastroprimianofortepaino

Cello: 1820, Panormo Family

Piano: Anton Walter 1792 (Paul McNulty); Louis Dulcken 1815 (Mathias Kramer) Op.69; Conrad Graf 1819 (Paul McNulty) Op.102

Recording: June 2018 & January 2019, Studio Rosso - Silvelle di Trebaseleghe (Padova), Italy