Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich - Beethoven: Complete Works for Fortepiano and Violoncello (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 527 Mb | Total time: 145:01 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics | # ALPHA 577 | Recorded: 2019
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 527 Mb | Total time: 145:01 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics | # ALPHA 577 | Recorded: 2019
Beethoven’s output for forte piano and violoncello is fascinating because it covers every period of his career, from early to late, with references to Bach in op.69 and op.102 no.2 and an especially innovative and amazingly modern musical language. For this complete set, which includes the variations on themes from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus and Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Nicolas Altstaedt was keen to record on an instrument with gut strings, a Guadagnini from Piacenza dated 1749, and using a Classical bow. Alexander Lonquich, his faithful recital partner – they been inseparable companions since the day Altstaedt replaced his teacher Boris Pergamenschikow for a concert of Beethoven sonatas with Lonquich at the Beethovenfest in Bonn in 2004 – here plays a Graf fortepiano of 1826. The combination of these instruments produces a finely balanced sound and exceptional tone colours. This recording is Nicolas Altstaedt’s first for Alpha as a soloist. Others will follow, in very different genres, for eclecticism is the hallmark of this musician, among the most promising of the new generation.
Performer:
Nicolas Altstaedt, violoncello
Alexander Lonquich, fortepiano
Track List:
CD1:
01. 12 variations on 'See the conqu'ring hero comes' in G major, WoO 45
Sonata No.1 in F major, Op.5 No.1
02. I. Adagio sostenuto
03. II. Allegro
04. III. Allegro vivace
Sonata No.2 in G minor, Op.5 No.2
05. I. Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo
06. II. Allegro molto più tosto presto
07. III. Rondo. Allegro
08. 12 Variations on 'Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen' in F major, Op.66
CD2:
Sonata No.3 in A major, Op.69
01. I. Allegro, ma non troppo
02. II. Scherzo. Allegro molto - Trio
03. III. Adagio - Allegro vivace
04. 7 Variations on 'Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen' in E flat major, WoO 46
Sonata No.4 in C major, Op.102 No.1
05. Ia. Andante
06. Ib. Allegro vivace
07. IIa. Adagio
08. IIb. Allegro vivace
Sonata No.5 in D major, Op.102 No.2
09. I. Allegro con brio
10. II. Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto
11. III. Allegro
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