Label: Naxos
Genre: Chamber Music
Period: Classical
Catalogue No: 8.555786
Barcode: 0747313578627
Release Date: 02/2003

BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonatas No. 3, Op. 69 and Op. 64

Although Beethoven only composed five sonatas designed originally for solo cello and piano, they demonstrate a greater variety than his more numerous violin sonatas. The Sonata in E flat major, Op. 64 is an arrangement, thought to be by Beethoven, of the composer’s String Trio Op. 3, and the Sonata No. 3 in A major was written for Beethoven’s close friend Baron Ignaz von Gleichenstein. The two works are featured on this recording together with the attractive set of variations on Papageno’s Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from Mozart’s The Magic Flute.

Tracklist

Beethoven, Ludwig van
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
1 Thema 00:32
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
2 Variation 1 00:37
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
3 Variation 2 00:34
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
4 Variation 3 00:29
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
5 Variation 4 00:38
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
6 Variation 5 00:32
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
7 Variation 6 00:29
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
8 Variation 7 00:47
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
9 Variation 8 00:28
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
10 Variation 9 00:40
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
11 Variation 10 01:32
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
12 Variation 11 01:17
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
13 Variation 12 01:57
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
14 I. Allegro con brio 11:06
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
15 II. Andante 06:38
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
16 III. Menuetto: Allegro 03:39
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
17 IV. Adagio 08:46
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
18 V. Menuetto: Moderato 03:24
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
19 VI. Finale: Allegro 07:04
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
20 I. Allegro ma non tanto 12:18
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
21 II. Scherzo: Allegro molto 05:19
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
22 III. Adagio cantabile - 01:28
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)
23 III. Allegro vivace 06:55
Kliegel, Maria (cello)
Tichman, Nina (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:17:09