The present release is both a continuation and the crowning of a project to record all of Ludwig van Beethoven's five sonatas for piano and cello. It features three of them: in F major Op. 5 No. 1, in C major Op. 102 No. 1 and in D major Op. 102 No. 2. The first album in the project included the sonatas in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2, and in A major, Op. 69, with the selection of works for each release being a compromise between the duration of individual sonatas and the limit of recording time on a single album. Stanislaw FIRLEJ is one of the leading Polish cellists. He received a thorough musical training which enabled him to develop an intensive con-cert activity not only in Poland, but also abroad. He studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow under Galina Kozolupova and Natalia Gutman, and subsequently graduated from AndrÃ©-Nicolas Navarra's class at the "Accademia Chigiana" Summer Academy of Music in Siena. A professor of music, he runs a cello class at the Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in LÃ³dz. In 2015, he received an honorary doctor's degree from the Academy. He also regularly teaches at masterclasses in Lancut and Luslawice. Wojciech KUBICA'S wide-ranging repertoire spans music from the Baroque to the present. In 2003, he premiered Kyrie by Jan Wincenty Hawel at a recital during the Karol Szymanowski Festival in Zakopane, He has also pursued a teaching career as a faculty member at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice (2005-2007), the Academy of Music in Wroclaw (since 2005) and at the Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in LÃ³dz. In 2014, he received the title of Doctor of Musical Arts from the LÃ³dz Academy.

Tracklist:

Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No. 1 for piano and cello~Adagio sostenuto - Allegro
Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No. 1 for piano and cello~Rondo. Allegro vivace
Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102 No. 1 for piano and cello~Andante - Allegro vivace
Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102 No. 1 for piano and cello~Adagio - Tempo d'Andante - Allegro vivace
Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2 for piano and cello~Allegro con brio
Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2 for piano and cello~Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto
Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2 for piano and cello~Allegro - Allegro fugato

UPC: 5902547017037
Label: Dux Recording Prod.
Release Date: 11.5.21
Format: CD

Beethoven / Firlej / Kubica - Cello Sonatas (CD)