Cello Sonatas of the Romantic Period
Wunderkammer, Heinrich Stiehl
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- Digital
This recording is dedicated to two voices now almost forgotten in the history of Romantic music: Heinrich Stiehl (1829-1886) and Carl Schuberth (1811-1863). Both were highly respected musicians in their time: one as an organist, teacher and composer between Leipzig, St. Petersburg and the Baltic states, the other as an internationally acclaimed cello virtuoso. Their works are exemplary of a musical 'second rank' that characterized musical life in the 19th century, but whose quality can only be rediscovered today.
Central to this recording is Heinrich Stiehl's Sonata for pianoforte and cello in A minor op. 37, while Carl Schuberth is represented with two works that impressively demonstrate his melodic inventiveness and virtuosic approach to the cello: the Grand Nocturne élégiaque op. 6 for two cellos and piano and the Grande Sonata for cello and piano in D major op. 43, a late work that combines orchestral sonority with a ballad-like gesture.
This music is performed by Martin Seemann and Bettina Messerschmidt (cello) and Mira Lange on the historic fortepiano by Streicher & Söhne (Vienna 1864). The historically informed performance practice lends the works a transparent, colorful sonority and allows their Romantic expression to be experienced in all its complexity.
This recording is an invitation to rediscover music, not by unrecognized geniuses, but music that helped shape the aesthetic foundations of its time - lively, refined and full of narrative power.
Tracklist
- 01 Prize-Sonata for Pianoforte and Violoncello in A Minor, Op. 37: I. Allegro appassionato 12:10
- 02 Prize-Sonata for Pianoforte and Violoncello in A Minor, Op. 37: II. Scherzo - Allegro vivace 06:50
- 03 Prize-Sonata for Pianoforte and Violoncello in A Minor, Op. 37: III. „Lass o Welt, o lass mich sein“ - Andante sostenuto 05:52
- 04 Prize-Sonata for Pianoforte and Violoncello in A Minor, Op. 37: IV. Finale - Allegro molto 06:35
- 05 Grand Nocturne élégiaque for Two Cellos and Piano, Op. 6 "L‘ Adieu" 07:22
- 06 Grande Sonata for Pianoforte and Violoncello in D Major, Op. 43: I. Allegro moderato 09:36
- 07 Grande Sonata for Pianoforte and Violoncello in D Major, Op. 43: II. Intermezzo - Andante e Scherzo 06:35
- 08 Grande Sonata for Pianoforte and Violoncello in D Major, Op. 43: III. Finale - Allegro vivace 08:31
