Cello Sonata in F major Op 5 No 1
Cello Sonata in G minor Op 5 No 2
Cello Sonata in A major Op 69
Cello Sonata in C major Op 102 No 1
Cello Sonata in D major Op 102 No 2
Variations in G major on ‘See the conqu’ring hero comes’ from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus WoO45
Variations in F major on ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’ from Mozart’s Die Zauber?öte Op 66
Variations in E ?at major on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’ from Mozart’s Die Zauber?öte WoO46
Horn Sonata in F major Op 17

‘Isserlis’s playing always has spirit to spare. But the fortepiano ensures an even fresher sense of discovery to his cello odyssey’ (The Guardian)

In this new chamber recording, Steven Isserlis together with his regular collaborator, fortepianist Robert Levin, presents a magisterial and long-awaited compendium of Beethoven’s complete works for cello and piano, including Beethoven’s arrangement of his Op 17 Horn Sonata. The use of the fortepiano opens up a wealth of sonic possibilities for these works.

The ?ve Cello Sonatas span Beethoven’s compositional epochs and comprise the most important cycle of cello sonatas in the entire repertoire. Isserlis writes that the composer ‘transforms himself from con?dent virtuoso to supreme master of classical form, and then beyond that to a mystic exploring strange new worlds of unearthly beauty a wondrous trans?guration’.