Ildiko Szabo, Istvan Lajko - Beethoven: Complete works for cello and piano (2023)

The works for cello and piano are the most exquisite, emblematic pieces of the master's chamber music oeuvre. On our recording refreshingly light variations on the themes of The Magic Flute and of Judas Maccabaeus are played between the five weighty sonatas.
"...to me, Beethoven is not just about freedom, equality, fraternity. He is not only the inventor of the cello sonata as a genre. But he is a teacher of unconditional love. Humor. And humanity.” (Ildikó Szabó)

Tracklist
CD1
01. 7 Variations in E - Flat Major on ”Bei Männern, Welche Liebe Fühlen” from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Woo 46
02. Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2: I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo - Allegro molto più tosto presto
03. Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2: II. Rondo. Allegro
04. 12 Variations in G Major on ”See the Conqu'ring Hero Comes” from Händel's Judas Maccabaeus, Woo 45
05. Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69: I. Allegro ma non tanto
06. Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
07. Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69: III. Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace

CD2
01. 12 Variations in F Major on ”Ein Mädchen Oder Weibchen” from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Op. 66
02. Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5, No. 1: I. Adagio sostenuto – Allegro
03. Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5, No. 1: II. Rondo. Allegro vivace
04. Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1: I. Andante - Allegro vivace
05. Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1: II. Adagio – Tempo d'andante – Allegro vivace
06. Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2: I. Allegro con brio
07. Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2: II. Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto
08. Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2: III. Allegro fugato