FLAC (tracks) | Classical | 02:05:45 | 1CD | 430 MbThe five cello sonatas span Beethoven’s three creative periods, with the audacious op.

5 sonatas dating from the early years on his time in Vienna as a piano virtuoso and aspiring composer (1792-9), the great op.

69 sonata is from the period that saw the composition of symphonies 4-8, the violin concerto, Mass in C and the String Quartets op59.

The two op102 sonatas are from the cusp of the ‘late’ period, this is the time of the 9th Symphony, the Missa Solemnis, the great string quartets op127 – 135 and the last five piano sonatas.

Tracklist:1. Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 51 I. Adagio sostenuto2. Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 51 II. Allegro3. Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 51 III. Rondo. Allegro vivace4. Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 52 I. Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo5. Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 52 II. Allegro molto, più tosto presto6. Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 52 III. Rondo. Allegro7. Cello Sonata in F Major, Op. 17 I. Allegro moderato (Arr. From Horn Sonata)8. Cello Sonata in F Major, Op. 17 II. Poco Adagio, quasi Andante (Arr. From Horn Sonata)9. Cello Sonata in F Major, Op. 17 III. Rondo. Allegro moderato (Arr. From Horn Sonata).f10. Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69 I. Allegro ma non tanto11. Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69 II. Scherzo. Allegro molto12. Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69 III. Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivace13. Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 1021 I. Andante14. Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 1021 II. Allegro vivace15. Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 1021 II. Adagio – Tempo d’andante16. Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 1021 IV. Allegro vivace17. Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 1022 I. Allegro con brio18. Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 1022 II. Adagio con molto sentiment d’affetto19. Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 1022 III. Allegro fugato