The two Opus 5 sonatas (1796) are not only the first sonatas for piano and cello but also the first in which Beethoven stepped out from the influence of Haydn and Mozart and asserted himself as an original presence. Bilson and Bylsma perform these landmark works here on period instruments in order to recreate the nuances of dynamic, timbre, and pitch originally envisioned by the composer.
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Written in 1796 for Prussian monarch Fredrick William II, an accomplished cellist, the two Opus 5 sonatas are not only the first sonatas for piano and cello, but Beethoven’s first seriously unique pieces, in which he stepped out from the influence of Haydn and Mozart and asserted himself as an original presence. Malcolm Bilson and Anner Bylsma perform these landmark works here on period instruments in order to recreate the nuances of dynamic, timbre, and pitch originally envisioned by the composer.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Recorded July 1986 at the Old Catholic Church, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Engineered by Clavigram, Leerdam, The Netherlands
Art direction and design: Carin Goldberg
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MUSICIANS
Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
Anner Bylsma, cello
