BEETHOVEN, L. van: Cello Sonata No. 3: II. Scherzo (arr. P. Struck) (Coetzee, LGT Young Soloists, Gilman)
Soloist:
Coetzee, Luka
Ensemble:
LGT Young Soloists
Conductor:
Gilman, Alexander
Composer:
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69 (arr. P. Struck for cello and string ensemble)
Venue: Teldex Studio, Berlin
Date of Concert: 7-01-2020
Playing Time: 00:05:35
Catalogue Number: NVF1257
UPC: 730099625715
To mark the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, Russian born arranger Paul Struck has arranged two of the composer's great mid-period chamber masterpieces for soloist and string ensemble. The Cello Sonata No. 3 equally succeeds in conceiving the piano part for ensemble, while exploring fullness of sound and maintaining transparency of texture.
Beethoven used an extended scherzo form in which the trio is heard twice in a contrasting major key between the three appearances of the scherzo section in a minor key. The scherzo theme acquires a rhythmic shift through syncopation, gaining enormous energy in the version for string ensemble.
