Enrico Mainardi & Carlo Zecchi Beethoven Sonatas For Violoncello And Piano (3 LP)

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180g Audiophile Virgin Vinyl 3LP Box Set!
Mastered From Original Analogue Masters Of Universal Music!
Audiophile Analog Mastering By Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios! Pressed at Pallas!
The complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas, recorded between 1955 and 1957 with Carlo Zecchi, adopts a much more universal approach than the Bach Suites. A noble statue of Beethoven is sculpted by the careful bowing of the cel-list. The technique is sharply executed, but the image created is restrained and serene. A Beethoven with such profound magnanimity and true humanity is not often heard today. Although a monaural recording, as with the Bach, the session recorded at Beethovensaal in Hanover benefits from the good mike setting, which vividly cap-tures the air movements of the recording venue and even the friction at the moment of bowing. It is a valuable record of the cellist who has reached his full maturity in his late 50s.

Features:

• 180g Audiophile Virgin Vinyl
• 3LP Box Set
• Mastered From Original Analogue Masters of Universal Music
• Audiophile Analog Mastering By Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios
• Pressed at Pallas Group GmbH in Germany
• Analogphonic recording
• Jacket printed inserts
• Box with lift-off lid

Musicians:

• Enrico Mainard, violoncello
• Carlo Zecchi, piano

Selections:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
LP 1-SIDE 1:
SONATA FOR VIOLONCELLO AND PIANO IN F MAJOR OP. 5 NO. 1

1. Adagio sostenuto
2. Allegro
3. Allegro vivace

LP 1-SIDE 2:
SONATA FOR VIOLONCELLO AND PIANO IN G MINOR OP. 5 NO. 2

1. Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo
2. Allegro mollo piu tosto presto
3. Rondo: Allegro

LP 2-SIDE 1:
SONATA FOR VIOLONCELLO AND PIANO IN A MAJOR OP. 69

1. Allegro, ma non tanto
2. Scherzo: Allegro molto
3. Adagio cantabile
4. Allegro vivace

LP 2-SIDE 2:
SEVEN VARIATIONS ON THE DUET "BEI MANNERN, WELCHE LIEBE FUHLEN" FROM THE OPERA "THE MAGIC FLUTE" (MOZART)
LP 3-SIDE 1:
SONATA FOR VIOLONCELLO AND PIANO IN C MAJOR OP. 102 NO. 1

1. Andante - Allegro vivace
2. Adagio - Tempo d'Andante - Allegro vivace

LP 3-SIDE 2:
SONATA FOR VIOLONCELLO AND PIANO IN D MAJOR OP. 102 NO. 2

1. Allegro con brio
2. Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto
3. Allegro fugato

Recorded October 17-20, 1955 (LP 1), May 27-30, 2956 (LP 2), January 6-10, 1957 (LP 3) at Beethovensaal, Hanover, Germany