Music : Cello & Piano Sonatas Volume 1
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0013491336824
Label: Delos Records
Manufacturer: Delos Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Delos Records
Release Date: October 31, 2006
Sales Rank: 28510
Studio: Delos Records
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Beethoven Cello & Piano Sonatas: Nos. 1,2,3,
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We prefer the piano sonatas of Haydn to the similar, heavier, less melodic music of Beethoven.
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A challenge - perhaps an unfair one - for new generations of performers playing long-recorded pieces such as these is to bring a something of a deeper enlightenment that captures our attention and imagination - all without losing the original musical intent of the composer. Yet, it seems Bailey and Dinnerstein do just that - especially in the scintillating final Op. 69 sonata - to give us quite an interesting recording worth hearing. Where Ms. Dinnerstein's Bach Goldbergs gave us a more softhearted approach, she gives us here with Zuill Bailey something of the polar opposite - with bold, big-boned Beethoven playing that gets your attention.
The first thing one notices is the bright, vivid sound quality - which really brings out this performance. It made my previous recordings of Ma/Ax and Rostro/Richter sound pale in direct comparison. Additionally, and sometimes lacking in other recordings, is the fine balance between piano and cello here. One is not subservient to the other. Also notable is the really wide dynamic range the musicians employ. When they play "forte" you really know it as the sound bursts out of the speakers with a sense of true Beethoven thunder.
The early Op. 5 pieces brims with youthful vigour, dramatic contrasts and consumate virtuosity. I greatly enjoyed the playful, skillful partnership of these two fine musicians (who I did not know well prior to hearing this recording). There is much to admire in their fresh-faced readings ... Read More
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Beyond the genius of Beethoven, this CD combines the rich, mellow tones of a masterfully played cello with the crisp, precise finger work of Simone Dinnerstein's piano.
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Here, cellist Zuill Bailey and pianist Simone Dinnerstein take on the first half of Beethoven's cello sonatas, performing the youthful Op. 5 pair along with the more mature Op. 69 sonata. Both players are Julliard graduates and Bailey also attended Peabody and is artistic director of the El Paso (Texas) Pro-Musica, an outfit the does chamber music. The pair are scheduled to release the second half of the sonatas on another Denon release later this year or next.
Perhaps befitting their relative youth, the pair launch into Beethoven's earliest creation in the genre, the Op. 5, No. 1 sonata, with a lot of vigor and forward thrust after tiptoeing through the opening adagio. I like their approach but found it a bit soft-grained compared to my favorite version of this sonata by Kartuunen & Haikkala, a couple Fins using period instruments whose set of all five sonatas was once available in USA.
Bailey and Dinnerstein playing is a bit more possessed by clangor in the seocnd youthful sonata and they really break out in the mature Op. 69 sonata. In particular, their collaboration in the Scherzo and Adagio are more clearly defined and individual, setting them apart from other performers, with a powerfully virtuosic finale that really tears it up.
Anyone seeking a new voice in this music will probably be drawn to these young players, who seem to have a natural affinity for Beethoven's mature masterpieces. Another set of these sonatas I've always liked, ... Read More
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