BEETHOVEN: CELLO SONATAS OP. 5 NOS. 1 & 2 - Raphaël Pidoux, Tanguy de Williencourt

With each new album, the Stradivari collection invites you to discover another unique instrument lovingly preserved and housed at the Museum of Music in Paris, such as the magnificent 1734 Guarneri cello and the 1855 Gebauhr grand piano, both of them exceptionally well suited to the music of Beethoven and his contemporaries. When these remarkable examples of European instrument-making are entrusted to performers as adept as Raphaël Pidoux and Tanguy de Williencourt, the composer’s celebrated Sonatas of Opus 5 stand revealed as never before!

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN [1770-1827]
Sonata for violoncello & piano Op. 5 No.1
F major/Fa majeur/F-Dur
· I. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro (17'58)
· II. Rondo. Allegro vivace (7'03)

Sonata for violoncello & piano Op.5 No.2
G minor/Sol mineur/g-Moll
· I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo - Allegro molto più tosto presto (15'00)
· II. Rondo. Allegro (8'54)

· Seven Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" (from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte) WoO 46
Thème. Andante - Var.I - Var.II - Var.III - Var.IV - Var.V : Si prenda il tempo un poco più vivace - Var.VI : Adagio
- Var.VII : Allegro, ma non troppo - Coda (9'13)

· Camille PLEYEL
Charles-Nicolas BAUDIOT
Nocturne for piano & violoncello concertans, "Souvenirs de La Flûte enchantée" (7'16)