Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello & Piano
Pierre Fournier (cello) & Friedrich Gulda (piano)
Despite old-fashioned sound - clear and well-balanced but artificially spotlit - these performances remain alert, elegant and firmly etched.
Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello & Piano
Pierre Fournier (cello) & Friedrich Gulda (piano)
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Despite old-fashioned sound - clear and well-balanced but artificially spotlit - these performances remain alert, elegant and firmly etched.
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Truly phenomenal performances by two formidable Beethoven interpreters at the top of their game. Fournier’s aristocratic cello playing is beautifully matched by Gulda’s improvisatory approach to the piano line. 2CDs at super budget price.
Contents and tracklist
Work length21:31
This work is only available as an album download.
I. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro
Track length14:42
This track is only available as an album download.
Work length21:10
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I. Adagio sostenuto ed esspressivo - Allegro molto piu tosto presto
Track length12:15
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Work length26:57
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I. Allegro, ma non troppo
Track length12:55
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Work length10:52
Work length9:18
Work length12:25
Awards and reviews
November 2012
Despite old-fashioned sound - clear and well-balanced but artificially spotlit - these performances remain alert, elegant and firmly etched.
The combination of French clarity and elegance and Viennese intelligence and humanity in these artists results in interpretations which avoid all self-conscious earnestness and hieratic pose (the bane of all
Beethoven performance) but achieve maturity, freshness and subtlety. Rarely have two artists formed a more sensitive team.
