Ferdinand Ries: Cello Sonatas

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This is a rather exuberant collection of cello sonatas by Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838), a student of Beethoven and, along with Beethoven, an innovator of the cello/piano sonata form. Neither Mozart nor Haydn composed cello sonatas; for their more intimate music they preferred the trio or even the string quartet where, in either case, the cello's role always remains submerged. Ries gave the cello a greater and more melodic role (which he learned from Beethoven), and the genre is all the more enriched because of it. But you won't hear Beethoven in any of Ries' works. The Cello Sonata Op. 21 is a buoyant work in four movements that highlights the cello's songlike character with the piano underscoring the piece with a pleasant counterpoint. Though the piano's role seems right out of Mozart in this work, the interaction between the two instruments allows for harmonic passages unknown to Mozart. In fact, in Introduction and a Russian Dance for Piano Forte and Violoncello, Ries seems to outdo his teacher with the cello and piano trading off roles, with neither instrument gaining ascendancy. The Cello Sonata Op. 125 that follows also exists in a violin/piano version and has piano passages that reflect early, classical modes of performance. (Ries wrote the piece while in London in 1823 where Haydn was still the rage.) The performances by Guido Larisch on the cello and Robert Hill on piano are quite terrific here. These two men are clearly skilled at performing both late classical and early romantic music, but more than that, these two simply capture the fun in this music. Very highly recommended.

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Ferdinand Ries: Cello Sonatas Manufacturer: Cpo Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ries, Ferdinand | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ferdinand Ries: Piano Trios Ferdinand Ries: Septet & Octet Ferdinand Ries: Piano Quartets Opp. 13 & 17 Ries: Clarinet Sonatas; Clarinet Trio Ferdinand Ries: String Quartets, Vol. 1 ASIN: B00004XSN5 Release Date: 2000-09-26

Tracks:

1. Vc Son in A, Op.21: Allegro
2. Vc Son in A, Op.21: Andantino Quasi Allegro
3. Vc Son in A, Op.21: Menuetto Allegretto
4. Vc Son in A, Op.21: Rondo. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
5. Intro And A Russian Dance, Op.113 No.1: Intro
6. Intro And A Russian Dance, Op.113 No.1: Allegretto
7. Vc Son in g, Op.125: Grave - Allegro
8. Vc Son in g, Op.125: Larghetto Con Moto
9. Vc Son in g, Op.125: Rondo. Allegretto
10. Romance in G

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Ries: Cello Sonatas Manufacturer: Dynamic Italy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ries, Ferdinand | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004S97N Release Date: 2000-03-15

Average customer rating: Great natural horn playing here

Sonatas for Horn & Piano Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ries, Ferdinand | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005M162 Release Date: 2001-08-14

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Great natural horn playing here.......2003-07-24

The performance of the Beethoven sonata (a favorite of natural horn players) is one of the best on record, with Mueller obviously enjoying the leaps between the high and low registers of the instrument.

Ferdinand Ries was one of Beethoven's long-time friends and pupils, and his horn sonata is quite the discovery. It has features in common with horn sonatas by another Beethoven pupil and early romantic composer, Carl Czerny.

For listeners only familiar with hearing Mozart's works for horn, this CD will prove quite the eye opener, as the three sonatas by Beethoven, Ries, and Franz Danzi (one of the many musical talents who performed in and wrote music for the famous Mannheim Hofkapelle) really show off the hand-stopping technique developed by Josef Hampel during Mozart's lifetime and perfected by his student Punto (the performing name of the Bohemian hornist Johann Wenzel Stich), the dedicatee of the Beethoven work.

Track Listings:

1. Folie Douce (Sweet Folly) Renaissance Improvisations
2. Forest Scenes
3. Frank Martin: Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments, Percussion & Strings / Studies for String Orchestra / Erasmi monumentum - Matthias Bamert
4. From Early Dawn... Until Late at Night / Maulbronn Chamber Choir
5. Gomalan Brass Quintet
6. Handel: Judas Maccabaeus
7. Henri IV & Marie de Médicis Messe de Mariage
8. Houston Symphony Glad Tidings
9. In Nova Cantica, A Celebration of Christmas
10. Jane Eyre/Streetcar Named Desire [Import] [Soundtrack]

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Track Listings

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Beggar's Oil [EP]

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Bounce [CD-single]

Big Band Jazz: The Jubilee Sessions 1943-1946

Balada: Maria Sabina

BT3

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Around the Sun

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20 Hits, Vol. 2

B.B.'s Boogie

Soda Fountain Shuffle