David Breitman & Jaap Ter Linden - Beethoven: The Music for Piano and Cello (2018)

Pianist David Breitman writes of his new release of Beethoven music for piano and cello: “I first became interested in historical keyboards as a piano student in Boston in the 1970s. Boston was then, and is still, an early music centre, and I had frequent opportunities to hear renaissance and baroque ensembles in concert. I eventually decided to take some harpsichord lessons with Robert Hill, freshly returned from Amsterdam where he had been studying with Gustav Leonhardt. The first early piano I encountered was one that Robert’s brother Keith built and brought to Boston. My first reaction after playing a few passages was “Ah! Beethoven’s cello sonatas!” I had been struggling with the G minor sonata, and it became obvious to me that the brilliant passagework for the piano- which drowns out the cello unless played mp instead of ff as Beethoven indicates- would work perfectly if only I had a piano like this.. that finally happened in 1987, when I began doctoral studies with Malcolm Bilson at Cornell University. Since then I have had the rare privilege- with excellent instruments and fabulous colleagues- of rediscovering the monuments of Classical chamber music (sonatas and trios of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven) in historical style.

Tracklist:
Disc: 1
Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5 No. 1 00:26:00
1 I. Adagio sostenuto 00:02:42 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
2 II. Allegro 00:15:07 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
3 III. Rondo: Allegro vivace 00:07:21 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David

12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen", Op. 00:10:33
4 Theme 00:00:32 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
5 Variation 1 00:00:38 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
6 Variation 2 00:00:34 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
7 Variation 3 00:00:34 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
8 Variation 4 00:00:41 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
9 Variation 5 00:00:34 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
10 Variation 6 00:00:33 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
11 Variation 7 00:00:42 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
12 Variation 8 00:00:36 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
13 Variation 9 00:00:43 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
14 Variation 10 00:01:07 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
15 Variation 11 00:01:04 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
16 Variation 12 00:02:14 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David

Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5 No. 2 00:29:00
17 I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo 00:04:59 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
18 II. Allegro molto più tosto presto 00:10:45 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
19 III. Rondo: Allegro 00:09:55 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David

12 Variations on "See the Conqu'ring Hero Comes", 00:14:58
20 Theme 00:00:46 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
21 Variation 1 00:00:43 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
22 Variation 2 00:00:50 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
23 Varaition 3 00:00:47 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
24 Variation 4 00:00:54 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
25 Variation 5 00:00:52 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
26 Variation 6 00:00:46 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
27 Variation 7 00:00:48 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
28 Variation 8 00:00:49 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
29 Variation 9 00:00:52 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
30 Variation 10 00:00:45 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
31 Variation 11 00:03:24 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
32 Variation 12 00:01:05 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David

Disc: 2
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69 00:24:00
1 I. Allegro non tanto 00:13:01 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
2 II. Scherzo: Allegro molto 00:05:43 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
3 III. Adagio cantabile 00:01:30 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
4 IV. Allegro vivace 00:07:24 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David

7 Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" 00:18:40
5 Theme 00:00:52 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
6 Variation 1 00:00:43 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
7 Variation 2 00:00:48 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
8 Variation 3 00:01:05 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
9 Variation 4 00:01:16 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
10 Variation 5 00:00:44 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
11 Variation 6 00:02:14 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
12 Variation 7 00:02:11 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David

Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102 No. 1 00:15:00
13 I. Andante 00:02:29 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
14 II. Allegro vivace 00:05:24 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
15 III. Adagio - Tempo d'andante 00:02:40 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
16 IV. Allegro vivace 00:04:39 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David

Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102 No. 2 00:22:00
17 I. Allegro con brio 00:06:50 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
18 II. Adagio con moto sentimento d'affetto 00:08:02 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David
19 III. Allegro fugato 00:04:32 Linden, Jaap ter Breitman, David