This two-album Signum Classics release presents Ludwig van Beethoven’s five cello sonatas, performed by cellist Paul Watkins and pianist Alessio Bax. The works were composed over a wide period and illustrate Beethoven’s early, middle and late styles, from the Op. 5 sonatas written during his 1796 Berlin visit, through the A Major Sonata Op. 69 from the period of the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, to the Op. 102 sonatas marking the beginning of his final creative phase. Recorded in December 2024 at Cedars Hall, Wells, the set reflects close collaboration between cello and piano and Beethoven’s evolving formal and expressive concerns.
Beethoven: The Sonatas For Piano And Cello – Alessio Bax & Paul Watkins
Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5, No. 1
I. Adagio sostenuto –
II. Allegro
III. Rondo: Allegro vivace
Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2
I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo –
II. Allegro molto più tosto presto
III. Rondo: Allegro
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69
I. Allegri ma non tanto
II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
III. Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivace
Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1
I. Andante – Allegro vivace
II. Adagio – Allegro vivace
III. Allegro vivace
Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2
I. Allegro con brio
II. Adagio con molto sentimento d’affetto
III. Allegro
Alessio Bax & Paul Watkins
20,90€
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