Keiran Campbell & Sezi Seskir - Beethoven: Cello Sonatas, Op. 5, Nos. 1 & 2 (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Like his flute-playing uncle Frederick the Great, King Frederick William II (r. 1786–1797) was a keen musical amateur. An avid cellist, he studied with the virtuosi Ludwig Christian Hesse, Carlo Graziani, and Jean-Pierre Duport, the latter of whom he appointed his principal cellist in 1773. He commissioned chamber music from notable composers across Europe, received the dedications of string quartets by Haydn and Mozart, and sometimes performed as a member of his own court orchestra. Months before acceding to the throne, he hired perhaps the finest cellist of his age, Luigi Boccherini, as his court composer. Boccherini served the court in absentia from Madrid, dispatching twelve new works per year to the Prussian monarch. Given the king’s insatiable appetite for cello music, it is no accident that Beethoven composed his first two sonatas for cello and piano during his brief but rewarding stay in Berlin.

Tracklist:
01. Beethoven- Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5 No. 1- I. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro
02. Beethoven- Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5 No. 1- II. Rondo. Allegro vivace
03. Beethoven- Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5 No. 2- I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo - Allegro molto più tosto presto
04. Beethoven- Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5 No. 2- II. Rondo. Allegro


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