Beethoven: Complete Music For Cello & Piano

Label: Bridge Records
Catalog: BRIDGE9329A/C
Format:

Laurence Lesser, cello; HaeSun Paik, piano

Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Disc A
12 Variations on a theme from Handel's Oratorio, "Judas Maccabeus", WoO 45 / 12 Variations on the theme "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen", from Mozart's Opera, "The Magic Flute", Op. 66 / 7 Variations on the Theme "Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen", from Mozart's Opera, "The Magic Flute", WoO 46 / Sonata No. 1 in F, Op. 5 No. 1 / Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2
Disc B
Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 69 / Sonata No. 4 in C, Op. 102, No. 1 / Sonata No. 5 in D, Op. 102, No. 2
Disc C
DVD: Film: "Behind Beethoven's Music for Cello and Piano"

Laurence Lesser, pupil of Gregor Piatigorsky and Gaspar Cassado, and former President of the New England Conservatory, joins forces with pianist HaeSun Paik, winner of top prizes at the Leeds, Tchaikovsky, William Kappell, & Queen Elisabeth (Belgium) competitions, in performances of Beethoven's complete music for Cello and Piano. The performances were recorded in 2009 in the acoustically superb Jordan Hall (Boston). Included with the double-CD set is a DVD featuring the artists in 2009 concerts from Kumho Art Hall (Seoul, South Korea), biographical material, and a discussion of Beethoven's compositions for cello and piano.

Price: $48.98