Hope Amid Tears - Beethoven: Cello Sonatas
Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano)
The readings have a lived-in quality: lively, warm, articulate, spacious and deeply felt on the plus side, a little frayed around the edges and tending towards the baggy on the other. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2021
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Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No. 1
- Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax
I. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro
II. Rondo: Allegro Vivace
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2
- Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax
I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo - Allegro molto piu tosto presto
II. Rondo: Allegro
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
- Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax
I. Allegro ma non tanto
II. Scherzo
III. Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102 No. 1
- Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax
I. Andante - Allegro vivace
II. Adagio - Allegro vivace
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2
- Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax
I. Allegro con brio
II. Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto
III. Allegro
Beethoven: Variations (7) on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46
- Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax
Beethoven: Variations (12) on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45
- Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax
Beethoven: Variations (12) on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66
- Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax