Repertoire
Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete sonatas for cello and piano
Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No. 1 (1796) 25′
Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2 (1796) 25′
Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 (1807-08) 26′
Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102 No. 1 (1815) 15′
Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2 (1815) 20′
ARTISTS
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Inon Barnatan, piano
Programme
The autobiographical nature of Beethoven’s music is unquestionable. From symphonic to chamber forms, passing through vocal and theatrical music, Beethoven always speaks of himself in works that break with the Classical models that the Bonn composer always strove to surpass. The dialogue between piano and cello, the search for the chromatic palette and timbral textures run through the five sonatas that Beethoven created between 1796 and 1815 in different (always painful) periods of his turbulent life.