Beethoven’s five sonatas for cello and piano are basic works of the cello repertoire, and his three sets of variations--on themes by Mozart and Handel--are perennial favorites of chamber-music programs as well. This volume contains all eight works, carefully reproduced from the authoritative complete-works edition published by Breitkopf & Hartel.

Beethoven’s five sonatas for cello and piano are basic works of the cello repertoire, and his three sets of variations--on themes by Mozart and Handel--are perennial favorites of chamber-music programs as well. This volume contains all eight works, carefully reproduced from the authoritative complete-works edition published by Breitkopf & Hartel.

Contents:

Sonata in F major, Op. 5, No. 1

Sonata in G minor, Op. 5, No. 2

Sonata in A major, Op. 69

Sonata in C major, Op. 102, No. 1

Sonata in D major, Op. 102, No. 2

Variations on Handel’s "See, the Conqu’ring Hero Comes," WoO 45

Variations on Mozart’s "Ein Maidchen oder Weibchen," Op. 66

Variations on Mozart’s "Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen," WoO 46

According to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Beethoven "composed works of classic equilibrium by using the appropriate registers to set the cello off to its best advantage." Now musicians and music lovers can study and enjoy his mastery in this inexpensive, well-made treasury of time-honored scores.

Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5, No. 1

(1796; dedicated to King Friedrich Wilhelm II)

Ⅰ: Adagio sostenuto--Allegro, 1.

Ⅱ: Allegro vivace, 21.

Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2

(1796; dedicated to King Friedrich Wilhelm II)

Ⅰ: Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo--Allegro molto piu tosto presto, 33. 

Ⅱ: Rondo, 50.

Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69

(1807-8; dedicated to Baron Ignaz yon Gleichenstein)

Ⅰ: Allegro, ma non tanto, 65. 

Ⅱ: Scherzo, 76.

Ⅲ: Adagio cantabile--Allegro vivace, 85.

Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1

(1815; dedicated to Countess Marie yon ErdSdy)

Ⅰ: Andante--Allegro vivace, 95. 

Ⅱ: Adagio-- Tempo d’Andante--Allegro vivace, 102.

Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2

(1815; dedicated to Countess Marie von Erdody)

Ⅰ: Allegro con brio, 111. 

Ⅱ: Adagio con molto sentimento d’affetto--Allegro--Allegro fugato, 117.

Twelve Variations on "See, the Conqu’ring Hero Comes," from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45

  (1796; dedicated to Princess Christiane yon Lich- nowsky)

Twelve Variations on "Ein Madehen oder Weibehen," from Mozart’s Die Zauberflote, Op. 66 (1796)

Seven Variations on "Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen," from Mozart’s Die Zauberflote, WoO 46

  (1801; dedicated to Count Johann Georg yon Browne)