Ludwig Van Beethoven: Cello Sonatas, Op. 5

With each new album, the Stradivari collection invites you to discover another unique instrument lovingly preserved and housed at the Museum of Music in Paris, such as the magnificent 1734 Guarneri cello and the 1855 Gebauhr grand piano, both of them exceptionally well suited to the music of Beethoven and his contemporaries. When these remarkable examples of European instrument-making are entrusted to performers as adept as Raphaël Pidoux and Tanguy de Williencourt, the composer's celebrated Sonatas of Opus 5 stand revealed as never before.

Sonata for cello & piano No. 1 in F major, Op. 5/1

1. I. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro

2. II. Rondo. Allegro vivace

Sonata for cello & piano No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5/2

3. I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo - Allegro molto più tosto presto

4. II. Rondo. Allegro

Variations for cello & piano in E flat major on Mozart's "Bei Männern," WoO 46: Seven Variations on 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe füh

5. Seven Variations on 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen

6. Nocturne, "Souvenirs de La Flûte enchantée", for cello & piano