This page lists all recordings of Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No. 1, by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) on CD, SACD & download (MP3 & FLAC). Generally, more recent releases are listed first, but with priority given to those that are in stock. |
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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello & Piano
Truly phenomenal performances by two formidable Beethoven interpreters at the top of their game. Fournier’s aristocratic cello playing is beautifully matched by Gulda’s improvisatory approach to the piano line. 2CDs at super budget price. “Despite old-fashioned sound - clear and well-balanced but artificially spotlit - these performances remain alert, elegant and firmly etched.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2012 **** “The combination of French clarity and elegance and Viennese intelligence and humanity in these artists results in interpretations which avoid all self-conscious earnestness and hieratic pose (the bane of all
Beethoven performance) but achieve maturity, freshness and subtlety. Rarely have two artists formed a more sensitive team.” Gramophone Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 1 & String Quartet Op. 132
Beethoven was one of the featured composers in the 2010 Spannungen Festival. Works in the calibre of these, performed by world-celebrated musicians such as the Tetzlaff siblings never cease to hold the audience spellbound. Including Bach’s Contrapunctus XI in the programme gives a unique and outstanding result. Live recordings, 12th-13th June 2010 “You're acutely aware that this is a quartet of individuals, each player highly responsive to the others...the contrast between austerity and warmth [in Op. 132] is very well conveyed here, as is the incessant propulsion of the finale...I particularly like the way [Rivinius and Pilsan] go for the finale [of the Cello Sonata], which isn't in any way brash but conveys absolutely the bold energy of Beethoven's music at this time.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2011 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Beethoven - Complete Works for Piano & Cello
Having received high praise for their recent releases of ‘Russian Cello Masterpieces’ (Zuill Bailey), and the ‘Berlin Concert’ and ‘Bach’s Goldberg Variations’, (Simone Dinnerstein), these two accomplished musicians re-affirm their long–standing partnership with a new 2CD set of the complete works for cello by Beethoven. Simone Dinnerstein and Zuill Bailey have performed together regularly for more than a decade, and together they received the Classical Recording Foundation Award in 2006 and 2007. Both are known as highly accomplished musicians with a flair for arresting interpretations. Simone Dinnerstein has received major critical acclaim for her recent releases of her acclaimed “Berlin Concert”, and Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Zuill Bailey’s recording of Russian music for cello and piano has been similarly well received by the press. Learning Beethoven’s complete works for piano and cello was the first major project that the two of them undertook when they first began working together as a duo. Beethoven’s masterpieces for piano and cello represent arguably the greatest evolution of musical composition by one of the world’s most remarkable and creative minds. The five Sonatas and the sets of Variations chronicle refined points in the early, middle and late stages of his compositions. “Their ensemble is almost miraculously tight, seamless and instinctive. I loved the youthful ardour and brio in the F major Allegro, and we can truly hear the smiles in the witty Variation sets, and the finales of both A major and C major sonatas. Overall, highly impressive.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2010 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Evzen Rattay (cello), Stanislav Bogunia (piano) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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“The virtues of these performances are evident from the very start of the F major Sonata. There's an absolute unanimity of phrasing and articulation between Anne Gastinel and François-Frédéric Guy in those searching arpeggios. The give and take between the instruments in the ensuing dialogue seems perfectly mapped out, bringing a delightful Mozartian grace to both the Allegro and the Rondo.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2005 **** “The phrases are finely drawn, with tone that is never inappropriately heavy or too powerfully sustained. The rhythms are poised, the articulation clear and crisp, and in the variation sets as well as in the early sonata there’s an element of wit and playfulness that’s an essential part of the young Beethoven.” Gramophone Magazine | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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"All five sonatas are in my view really extraordinary." Alfred Brendel in the Guardian (London) June 2004. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1, 2 & 4
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| |  | Daniel Shafran (Vol. 3)
Daniel Shafran (cello), Anton Ginzburg (piano) “Daniel Shafran's discography is nowhere near as extensive as Rostropovich's, but these mesmerising and insightful Beethoven accounts fully explain why he is held in such high regard by so many cellists.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2008 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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