Rosler & Wurtz - Beethoven Cello Sonatas & Variations

Filling "only" two CD's, the complete works for cello and piano are quintessential and vintage Beethoven. The two youthful Opus 5 sonatas are written in virtuoso concerto style, with an especially glittering role for the piano (Beethoven was a tremendous pianist in his early years), the sonata Op. 69 is in the expansive, sonorous and deep-feeling tonal language of Beethoven's Middle-Period, whereas the two Late sonatas Op. 102 are marvels of originality, experiment, "quirkiness" and humanity.
- The two musicians Timora Rosler and Klára Würtz have been playing together for more than 15 years, having won several chamber music prizes. They performed the Beethoven cycle several times in concert over the years, and their interpretation has ripened to such an extent that the time came to record it. And here it is: every note alive and vibrant, played with gusto and feeling, alternating melancholy and joy, sadness and sheer fun.
- Contains notes on the music and detailed artist biographies.

1. Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in F major, Op. 5 no 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven 
Length: 23 Minutes 21 Secs.
2. Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 5 no 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven 
Length: 14 Minutes 3 Secs.
3. Length: 25 Minutes 44 Secs.
4. Sonata for Cello and Piano no 4 in C major, Op. 102 no 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven 
Length: 14 Minutes 10 Secs.
5. Sonata for Cello and Piano no 5 in D major, Op. 102 no 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven 
Length: 18 Minutes 1 Secs.
6. Variations (12) for Cello and Piano in G major on a theme by Handel, WoO 45 by Ludwig van Beethoven 
Length: 8 Minutes 0 Secs.
7. Variations (12) for Cello and Piano in F major on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen", Op. 66 by Ludwig van Beethoven 
Length: 6 Minutes 43 Secs.
8. Variations (7) for Cello and Piano on Mozart's "Bei Männern", WoO 46 by Ludwig van Beethoven 
Length: 7 Minutes 35 Secs.

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