The 5 Sonatas for Piano and Cello

DUO LEONORE :Maja Weber, cello - Per Lundberg, pianoLudwig van BEETHOVENSonata No.1 in F Major Op. 5, No.1Sonata No.2 in g Minor Op. 5, No.2Sonata No.3 in A Major Op. 69Sonata No.4 in C Major Op. 102,No.1Sonata No.5 in D Major Op. 102,No.2Beethoven's five cello sonatas are the quintessence of his personality and work: they exemplify creative development in an unparalleled manner. We begin with the F major Sonata, marked by almost supernatural virtuosity in the typical spirit of Viennese Classicism. Our programme proceeds with the profound and powerful G minor Sonata, the A major Sonata with its much more lyrical subject matter, the C major Sonata with its concentrated musical material and vision of the future, and finally confronts the vast dimensions of the D major Sonata, with its magical slow movement and the final movement in the form of a wild fugue whose uncompromising ending might be the answer to the proposal in the F major Sonata.