Name: Steven Isserlis, Cello – Robert Levin, Fortepiano
Start: 2018-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2018-11-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro della Pergola

Organization

Violoncello

Steven Isserlis

Pianist

Robert Levin

Amici della Musica

Steven Isserlis, Cello – Robert Levin, Fortepiano

Florence

Italy

Teatro della Pergola

Steven Isserlis, Cello – Robert Levin, Fortepiano: Concert

Public

Concert

Approved

Available from January 2014 on Hyperion Records (Downloads - mp3, ALAC, FLAC / CD) http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc....

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Cello Sonatas
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Robert Levin (fortepiano)

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Featured extracts
Cello Sonata in G minor Op 5 No 2 [28'47]
5- Allegro molto più tosto presto [14'12]

Cello Sonata in A major Op 69 [26'57]
7- Allegro, ma non tanto [12'35]

Cello Sonata in D major Op 102 No 2 [19'29]
15- Allegro con brio [6'43]

19- Variations in F major on 'Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen' from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte Op 66 [9'17]

Horn Sonata in F major Op 17 [14'14]
21- Allegro moderato [7'50]

Album also includes

CD1
Cello Sonata in F major Op 5 No 1 [24'01]
1- Movement 1a: Adagio sostenuto – [2'47]
2- Movement 1b: Allegro [14'11]
3- Movement 2: Allegro vivace [7'03]

Cello Sonata in G minor Op 5 No 2 [28'47]
4- Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo [5'19]
5- Allegro molto più tosto presto [14'12]
6- Rondo: Allegro [9'16]

Cello Sonata in A major Op 69 [26'57]
8- Scherzo: Allegro molto [5'24]
9- Adagio cantabile – [1'30]
10- Allegro vivace [7'28]

CD2
Cello Sonata in C major Op 102 No 1 [15'47]
11- Andante – [2'53]
12- Allegro vivace [5'11]
13- Adagio – Tempo d'andante – [3'15]
14- Allegro vivace [4'28]

Cello Sonata in D major Op 102 No 2 [19'29]
16- Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto [8'12]
17- Allegro – Allegro fugato [4'34]

18- Variations in G major on 'See the conqu'ring hero comes' from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus WoO45 [11'24]

20- Variations in E flat major on 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen' from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte WoO46 [8'54]

Horn Sonata in F major Op 17 [14'14]
21- Allegro moderato [7'50]
22- Poco adagio, quasi andante [1'19]
23- Rondo: Allegro moderato [5'05]


Recorded in December 2012
Henry Wood Hall, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Jens Braun
Engineered by Simon Eadon

Ludwig van Beethoven—Cello Sonatas—Steven Isserlis (cello), Robert Levin (fortepiano)

Acclamato per la profonda sensibilità e per la strepitosa maestria strumentale, Steven Isserlis è uno dei più celebri violoncellisti di oggi. Come solista collabora con le principali orchestre, tra cui Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchester di Zurigo, Los Angeles Philharmonic, e si esibisce in recital nelle più importanti sale internazionali.
La registrazione delle Suites di Bach per Hyperion ha ricevuto i premi Instrumental Disc of the Year e Critic’s Choice della rivista Gramophone. Oltre al Concerto di Dvořák con la Mahler Chamber Orchestra e Daniel Harding, Isserlis ha registrato vari dischi con Olli Mustonen, l’integrale dell’opera di Beethoven con Robert Levin, i Concerti di Elgar e Walton con la Philharmonia Orchestra e Paavo Järvi e il Doppio Concerto di Brahms con Joshua Bell e l’Academy di St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
Scrivere e suonare per i bambini è un’altra sua passione. I libri sulla vita dei grandi compositori – “Why Beethoven Threw the Stew” e “Why Handel Waggled his Wig” – sono stati tradotti in molte lingue, tra cui l’italiano (ed. Curci). Suona la maggior parte dei concerti con lo Stradivari “Marquis de Corberon (Nelsova)” del 1726, su gentile concessione della Royal Academy of Music.

Il pianista e direttore americano Robert Levin ha collaborato, nel corso della propria carriera, con le maggiori orchestre e direttori; fra questi, Semyon Bychkov, James Conlon, Bernard Haitink, Sir Neville Marriner, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Simon Rattle e Esa-Pekka Salonen. Si è esibito in concerto su pianoforti d’epoca con l’Academy of Ancient Music, l’Handel & Haydn Society, l’Orchestra of the Age of Enlightement e l’Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, diretto da Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Christopher Hogwood, Sir Charles Mackerras, Nicholas McGegan e Sir Roger Norrington.
Levin ha registrato per DG Archiv, CRI, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, ECM, New York Philomusica, Nonesuch, Philips e SONY Classical. Collabora regolarmente con Steven Isserlis, con cui ha registrato l’integrale beethoveniana per pianoforte e violoncello, e con la pianista Ya-Fei Chuang, con cui si esibisce in recital e con orchestra. All'inizio di quest'anno ha girato l'Europa e gli Stati Uniti in tour con la violinista Hilary Hahn.

italiano

Acclaimed for his profound sensibility and dazzling instrumental mastery, Steven Isserlis is one of today's most celebrated cellists. As a soloist he collaborates with major orchestras, including Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and gives recitals in the most important international halls.
The Bach Suites recording for Hyperion received Gramophone magazine's Instrumental Disc of the Year and Critic's Choice awards. In addition to Dvořák's Concerto with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Daniel Harding, Isserlis has recorded various discs with Olli Mustonen, the complete Beethoven work with Robert Levin, the Elgar and Walton Concertos with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Paavo Järvi and the Brahms Double Concerto with Joshua Bell and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
Writing and playing for children is another passion of hers. The books on the life of the great composers – “Why Beethoven Threw the Stew” and “Why Handel Waggled his Wig” – have been translated into many languages, including Italian (ed. Curci). He plays most of the concerts on the 1726 “Marquis de Corberon (Nelsova)” Stradivarius, courtesy of the Royal Academy of Music.

American pianist and conductor Robert Levin has collaborated with major orchestras and conductors throughout his career; among them, Semyon Bychkov, James Conlon, Bernard Haitink, Sir Neville Marriner, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Simon Rattle and Esa-Pekka Salonen. He has performed in concert on period pianos with the Academy of Ancient Music, the Handel & Haydn Society, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightement and the Orchester Révolutionnaire et Romantique, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Christopher Hogwood , Sir Charles Mackerras, Nicholas McGegan and Sir Roger Norrington.
Levin has recorded for DG Archiv, CRI, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, ECM, New York Philomusica, Nonesuch, Philips and SONY Classical. He collaborates regularly with Steven Isserlis, with whom he has recorded the complete Beethoveniana for piano and cello, and with the pianist Ya-Fei Chuang, with whom he performs in recital and with orchestra. Earlier this year he toured Europe and the United States with violinist Hilary Hahn.

English

Steven Isserlis, Cello – Robert Levin, Fortepiano by Various, Sun 25 Nov 2018, From (2018/2018), Teatro della Pergola, Florence, Italy

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