Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 (complete)

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.

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.