Written in 1815 during the composer’s final creative period, and at a time when the piano was becoming a more sonorous instrument, Beethoven’s Cello Sonatas Nos. 4 and 5 exploit the cello’s cantabile potential more fully than was previously possible. The great Sonata No. 5 features the first real slow movement of all the sonatas, a haunting Adagio in which both instruments are treated as equal partners. In the finale, an Allegro fugato, the musical argument is even more concentrated as Beethoven explores the extreme range of the developing keyboard instrument. This disc concludes Maria Kliegel’s recordings of the complete music for cello and piano by Beethoven.
01 Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102, No. 1: I. Andante - Allegro vivace
02 Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102, No. 1: II. Adagio - Tempo d'Andante
03 Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102, No. 1: III. Allegro vivace
04 Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102, No. 2: I. Allegro con brio
05 Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102, No. 2: II. Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto
06 Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102, No. 2: III. Allegro fugato
07 12 Variations in G major on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45: Theme: Allegretto
08 12 Variations in G major on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45: Variation I
09 12 Variations in G major on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45: Variation II
10 12 Variations in G major on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45: Varaition III
11 12 Variations in G major on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45: Variation IV
12 12 Variations in G major on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45: Variation V
13 12 Variations in G major on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45: Variation VI
14 12 Variations in G major on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45: Variation VII
15 12 Variations In G Major On See The Conqu'Ring Hero Comes From Handel's Judas MacCabaeus, Woo 45: Variation VIII
16 12 Variations in G major on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45: Variation IX
17 12 Variations in G major on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45: Variation X: Allegro
18 12 Variations in G major on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45: Variation XI: Adagio
19 12 Variations in G major on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45: Variation XII: Allegro
20 Duo in E flat major for Viola and Cello, WoO 32, "Mint 2 obligaten Augenglasern" (With 2 Eyeglasses): I. Allegro
21 Duo in E flat major for Viola and Cello, WoO 32, "Mint 2 obligaten Augenglasern" (With 2 Eyeglasses): II. Minuetto
