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Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1 | Sonata No. 1 in F Major for Piano and Cello, Op. 5, No. 1: Adagio sostenuto | 2:51 |
| 2 | Sonata No. 1 in F Major for Piano and Cello, Op. 5, No. 1: Allegro | 13:59 |
| 3 | Sonata No. 1 in F Major for Piano and Cello, Op. 5, No. 1: Rondo: Allegro vivace | 6:46 |
| 4 | Sonata No. 2 in G Minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 5, No. 2: Adagio sostenuto e espressivo | 4:53 |
| 5 | Sonata No. 2 in G Minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 5, No. 2: Allegro molto piu tosto presto | 9:13 |
| 6 | Sonata No. 2 in G Minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 5, No. 2: Rondo: Allegro | 9:00 |
About this Album
Written in 1796 for Prussian monarch Fredrick William II, an accomplished cellist, the two Opus 5 sonatas are not only the first sonatas for piano and cello, but Beethoven’s first seriously unique pieces, in which he stepped out from the influence of Haydn and Mozart and asserted himself as an original presence. Malcolm Bilson and Anner Bylsma perform these landmark works here on period instruments in order to recreate the nuances of dynamic, timbre, and pitch originally envisioned by the composer.
Credits
MUSICIANS
Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
Anner Bylsma, cello
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Recorded July 1986 at the Old Catholic Church, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Engineered by Clavigram, Leerdam, The Netherlands
Art direction and design: Carin Goldberg
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