Ferdinand Ries - Cello Sonata 전곡

Ferdinand Ries

 

Ferdinand Ries (28 November 1784 (baptised) – 13 January 1838) was a German composer.

Ries was a friend, pupil and secretary of Ludwig van Beethoven. He composed eight symphonies,

a violin concerto, eight piano concertos and numerous other works in many genres, including 26 string quartets.

Cello Sonata 전곡

00:00:00 Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 20: I. Allegro con brio
00:08:46 Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 20: II. Adagio
00:11:53 Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 20: III. Polonaise, allegretto moderato
00:20:28 Cello Sonate in G Minor, Op. 125: I. Grave-Allegro-Grave-Allegro-Grave-Allegro
00:36:39 Cello Sonate in G Minor, Op. 125: II. Larghetto con moto
00:43:40 Cello Sonate in G Minor, Op. 125: III. Rondo, allegretto
00:50:58 Cello Sonate in A Major, Op. 21: I. Allegro
01:02:46 Cello Sonate in A Major, Op. 21: II. Andantino quasi allegretto
01:08:41 Cello Sonate in A Major, Op. 21: III. Menuetto, allegretto
01:12:39 Cello Sonate in A Major, Op. 21: IV. Rondo, allegro ma non troppo
Artist:Gaetona Nasillo (cello) /Alessandro Commellato (fortepiano)

His three cello sonatas are masterworks of the genre, both instruments being equal partners

in a highly virtuoso musical discourse.
Played on period instruments by Gaetano Nasillo, one of today’s most renowned baroque cellists,

and Alessandro Comellato, excellent fortepianist, who recorded Hummel Piano Concertos to great

critical acclaim for Brilliant Classics (BC 94338).

The Op.125 Sonata, however, definitively bears the date of 1823 on its autograph and is fully a work of Ries’s maturity, written once he had settled in London where, to quote Greene’s Biographical

Encyclopedia of Musicians, ‘he settled down… concertized, taught, composed and acquired fame, money, and a charming wife named Harriet Mangean.’ The scale of the Sonata is positively Schubertian; so, too, the cast of its long-breathed melodies, and the Romantic gloom of its Grave introduction.
These historically informed recordings are the work of two experienced Italian musicians who have played with many distinguished ensembles specialising in music of the Baroque and Classical periods.