180-gram 3LP set — First complete release on vinyl!
Numbered edition limited to 1,700 copies!
Newly remastered at half-speed
Limited time album download included
One of Pierre Fournier's great recordings — arguably the best recording of the Beethoven Complete Cello works. The recordings were made when Fournier was at his technical peak, and partnered by the keenly-insightful Friedrich Gulda.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) | |
Sonata No. 1 in F major op. 5 no. 1 | |
Adagio sostenuto - Allegro | |
Rondo. Allegro vivace | |
Sonata No. 2 in G minor op. 5 no. 2 | |
Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo - Allegro molto più tosto presto | |
Rondo. Allegro | |
Sonata No. 3 in A major op. 69 | |
Allegro ma non tanto | |
Scherzo. Allegro molto | |
Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace | |
Sonata No. 4 in C major op. 102 no. 1 | |
Andante - Allegro vivace | |
Adagio - Allegro vivace | |
7 Variations in E flat major on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" WoO 46 from Mozart's opera Die Zauberflote | |
Sonata No. 5 in D major op. 102 no. 2 | |
Allegro con brio | |
Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto | |
Allegro - Allegro fugato | |
12 Variations in G major on "See, the conqu'ring hero comes" WoO 45 from Handel's oratorio Judas Maccabaeus | |
12 Variations in F major on "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen" op. 66 from Mozart's opera Die Zauberflote |