Mstislav Rostropovich, Sviatoslav Richter, Maurice Gendron, Jean Françaix - Beethoven: Complete Music for Cello and Piano (1994)
Artist: Mstislav Rostropovich, Sviatoslav Richter, Maurice Gendron, Jean Françaix
Title: Beethoven: Complete Music for Cello and Piano
Year Of Release: 1994
Label: Philips
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 02:21:49
Total Size: 690 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist: Title: Beethoven: Complete Music for Cello and Piano
Year Of Release: 1994
Label: Philips
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 02:21:49
Total Size: 690 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
CD 1:
01. SONATA No.1 in F major, Op.5 No.1: I. Adagio sostenuto--Allegro [0:16:36.00]
02. SONATA No.1 in F major, Op.5 No.1: II. Rondo. Allegro vivace [0:06:44.00]
03. SONATA No.2 in G minor, Op.5 No.2: I. Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo--Allegro molto più tosto presto [0:19:54.00]
04. SONATA No.2 in G minor, Op.5 No.2: II. Rondo. Allegro [0:07:17.00]
05. SONATA No.3 in A major, Op.69: I. Allegro ma non tanto [0:12:11.00]
06. SONATA No.3 in A major, Op.69: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto [0:05:37.00]
07. SONATA No.3 in A major, Op.69: III. Adagio cantabile--Allegro vivace [0:08:35.00]
CD 2:
01. Mstislav Rostropovich, Svjatoslav Richter / SONATA No.4 in C major, Op.101 No.1: I. Adagio--Allegro vivace [0:07:41.00]
02. Mstislav Rostropovich, Svjatoslav Richter / SONATA No.4 in C major, Op.101 No.1: II. Adagio--Tempo d'andante--Allegro vivace [0:06:55.00]
03. Mstislav Rostropovich, Svjatoslav Richter / SOANATA No.5 in D major, Op.101 No.2: I. Allegro con brio [0:06:22.00]
04. Mstislav Rostropovich, Svjatoslav Richter / SOANATA No.5 in D major, Op.101 No.2: II. Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto [0:07:30.00]
05. Mstislav Rostropovich, Svjatoslav Richter / SOANATA No.5 in D major, Op.101 No.2: III. Allegro--Allegro fugato [0:04:12.00]
06. Maurice Gendron, Jean Françaix / 12 VARIATIONS Op.66 on 'Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen' from Mozart's 'Zauberflöte' [0:09:22.00]
07. Maurice Gendron, Jean Françaix / 7 VARIATIONS WoO.46 on 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen' from Mozart's 'Zauberflöte' [0:10:21.00]
08. Maurice Gendron, Jean Françaix / 12 VARIATIONS WoO.45 on 'See the Conquering Hero Comes' from Handel's 'Judas Maccabaeus' [0:12:57.00]
Performers:
Mstislav Rostropovich - cello
Sviatoslav Richter - piano
Maurice Gendron - cello
Jean Françaix - piano
This set of recordings made in 1963 by cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and pianist Sviatoslav Richter of Beethoven's cello sonatas are the most virtuosic, the most lyrical, the most dramatic, the most expressive, the most intense, the most ecstatic, and, in a word, the greatest ever recorded. From the Empfindung style of the Op. 5 sonatas through the "Eroica" style of the Op. 69 sonata to the Elysium style of the Op. 102 sonatas, Beethoven's five cello sonatas are a précis of the highlights of his career as a composer. And from their extraordinary virtuosity, through their singing tone and their muscular rhythms to their translucent ensemble, Rostropovich and Richter's performances are the scores aurally realized and transformed through their consummate musicianship. Of course, you should hear the Casals/Serkin for its soulful depths, the Fournier/Kempff for its noble lyricism, and the Maisky/Argerich for its passionate virtuosity. But at the end of the day, it's the Rostropovich/Richter that you'll want to go home with. Like Schnabel's piano sonatas and Kreisler and Rupp's violin sonatas, Rostropovich and Richter's cello sonatas are the ones you'll want to grow old with. This is as good as it gets in this world.
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