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Beethoven: Cello Sonatas; Webern: Works for Cello and Piano
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas; Webern: Works for Cello and Piano in Bloomington, MN
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Potential buyers of a
Beethoven
cello sonata cycle have many choices, including some by big names, and this release on Australia's
ABC Classic
label may not cross their radar. They would be well advised to sample it, however, for it has many distinctive features. Perhaps the most important is that the performances look forward into the 19th century.
virtually invented the cello sonata as it exists today, and cellist
Timo-Veikko Valve
and pianist
Aura Go
emphasize the cello's growing independence at every turn, with slow introductions and cello melodies given weight and intensity. In general, these are passionate performances that, even in the early
Op. 5 pair of sonatas
, are completely of the Romantic era.
Valve
and
Go
choose intelligently in their two interludes that break up the five cello sonatas, framing the third;
Webern
, in the duo's readings, has the same sense of being on the brink of something that
does. Sample the atonal
Three Little Pieces, Op. 11
; aphoristic, atonal works that nevertheless retain something of the lied tradition; the gestures in these works are precise and compelling here. With fine sound from an Australian Broadcasting Company studio, this recording makes one want to hear more from the partnership involved. ~ James Manheim
Beethoven
cello sonata cycle have many choices, including some by big names, and this release on Australia's
ABC Classic
label may not cross their radar. They would be well advised to sample it, however, for it has many distinctive features. Perhaps the most important is that the performances look forward into the 19th century.
virtually invented the cello sonata as it exists today, and cellist
Timo-Veikko Valve
and pianist
Aura Go
emphasize the cello's growing independence at every turn, with slow introductions and cello melodies given weight and intensity. In general, these are passionate performances that, even in the early
Op. 5 pair of sonatas
, are completely of the Romantic era.
Valve
and
Go
choose intelligently in their two interludes that break up the five cello sonatas, framing the third;
Webern
, in the duo's readings, has the same sense of being on the brink of something that
does. Sample the atonal
Three Little Pieces, Op. 11
; aphoristic, atonal works that nevertheless retain something of the lied tradition; the gestures in these works are precise and compelling here. With fine sound from an Australian Broadcasting Company studio, this recording makes one want to hear more from the partnership involved. ~ James Manheim
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