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Beethoven: Cello Works

Pierre Fournier, Wilhelm Kempff

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Before anything else is said, it has to be admitted that the 1963 recording with Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter is beyond all argument the greatest set of Beethoven's cello sonatas ever recorded. Nevertheless, for the single best recording of Beethoven's cello sonata, it should be this 1965 recording by Pierre Fournier and Wilhelm Kempff. Because while Rostropovich and Richter are the greater virtuosos, their virtuosity is also inevitably the prism through which Beethoven's music radiates and his music is colored by their virtuosity. But Fournier and Kempff are arguably the greater musicians because they are not so much the prism as the lens through which Beethoven's music flows, and his music is ineluctably clarified by their musicianship. When one hears the ardent objectivity of their Sonatas, Op. 5; the dramatic lyricism of their Sonata, Op. 69; the exhilarating serenity of their Sonatas, Op. 102; the serious fun of their Mozart Variations; or the playful strength of their Handel Variations, one is hearing less of Fournier and Kempff and more of Beethoven. The consummate musicianship renders their playing translucent, letting the clear light of Beethoven's music shine through. As great as Rostropovich and Richter are -- and they are very, very, very great -- it is Fournier and Kempff who contain more of Beethoven because they includes less of themselves.

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Sonata for Piano and Violoncello Op. 5, No. 1 in F Major (Ludwig van Beethoven)

1
I. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro
00:14:32

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer - Helmut Najda, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

2
II. Rondo - Allegro vivace
00:07:06

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer - Helmut Najda, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Sonata for Piano and Violoncello Op. 5, No. 2 in G Minor (Ludwig van Beethoven)

3
I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo - Allegro molto più tosto presto
00:13:01

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer - Helmut Najda, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

4
II. Rondo - Allegro
00:08:48

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer - Helmut Najda, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69 (Ludwig van Beethoven)

5
I. Allegro ma non tanto
00:09:09

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer - Helmut Najda, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

6
II. Scherzo - Allegro molto
00:05:36

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer - Helmut Najda, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

7
III. Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace
00:07:07

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer - Helmut Najda, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102 No. 1 (Ludwig van Beethoven)

8
I. Andante - Allegro vivace
00:08:01

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

9
II. Adagio - Tempo d'andante - Allegro vivace
00:07:07

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102 No. 2 (Ludwig van Beethoven)

10
I. Allegro con brio
00:06:36

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

11
II. Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto
00:08:49

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

12
III. Allegro - Allegro fugato
00:04:46

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

12 Variations on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45 (Ludwig van Beethoven)

13
Thema - Allegretto
00:00:43

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

14
Variation I
00:00:40

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

15
Variation II
00:00:42

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

16
Variation III
00:00:41

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

17
Variation IV
00:00:45

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

18
Variation V
00:00:46

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

19
Variation VI
00:00:43

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

20
Variation VII
00:00:38

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

21
Variation VIII
00:00:41

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

22
Variation IX
00:00:42

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

23
Variation X. Allegro
00:00:40

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

24
Variation XI. Adagio
00:03:19

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

25
Variation XII. Allegro
00:01:05

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

7 Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46 (Ludwig van Beethoven)

26
Thema. Andante
00:00:50

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

27
Variation I
00:00:41

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

28
Variation II
00:00:45

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

29
Variation III
00:00:56

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

30
Variation IV
00:01:19

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

31
Variation V. Si prenda il tempo un poco più vivace
00:00:35

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

32
Variation VI. Adagio
00:02:12

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

33
Variation VII. Allegro, ma non troppo
00:01:58

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66 (Ludwig van Beethoven)

34
Thema. Allegretto
00:00:34

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

35
Variation I
00:00:35

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

36
Variation II
00:00:34

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

37
Variation III
00:00:29

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" For Cello And Piano, Op. 66 (Ludwig van Beethoven)

38
Variation IV
00:00:38

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66 (Ludwig van Beethoven)

39
Variation V
00:00:31

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

40
Variation VI
00:00:30

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

41
Variation VII
00:00:45

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

42
Variation VIII
00:00:30

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

43
Variation IX
00:00:39

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

44
Variation X - Adagio
00:01:28

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

45
Variation XI - Poco Adagio, quasi Andante
00:01:21

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

46
Variation XII - Allegro
00:02:00

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Pierre Fournier, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Heinz Wildhagen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilhelm Kempff, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Faust, Producer

℗ 1966 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Albumbeschreibung

Before anything else is said, it has to be admitted that the 1963 recording with Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter is beyond all argument the greatest set of Beethoven's cello sonatas ever recorded. Nevertheless, for the single best recording of Beethoven's cello sonata, it should be this 1965 recording by Pierre Fournier and Wilhelm Kempff. Because while Rostropovich and Richter are the greater virtuosos, their virtuosity is also inevitably the prism through which Beethoven's music radiates and his music is colored by their virtuosity. But Fournier and Kempff are arguably the greater musicians because they are not so much the prism as the lens through which Beethoven's music flows, and his music is ineluctably clarified by their musicianship. When one hears the ardent objectivity of their Sonatas, Op. 5; the dramatic lyricism of their Sonata, Op. 69; the exhilarating serenity of their Sonatas, Op. 102; the serious fun of their Mozart Variations; or the playful strength of their Handel Variations, one is hearing less of Fournier and Kempff and more of Beethoven. The consummate musicianship renders their playing translucent, letting the clear light of Beethoven's music shine through. As great as Rostropovich and Richter are -- and they are very, very, very great -- it is Fournier and Kempff who contain more of Beethoven because they includes less of themselves.

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