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Hope amid tears : Beethoven cello sonatas / Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer.). Ma, Yo-Yo, 1955- (instrumentalist.). Ax, Emanuel, (instrumentalist,, writer of supplementary textual content.). Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 Container of (work): Sonatas, cello, piano, no. 1, op. 5, no. 1, F major. (Added Author). Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 Container of (work) : Sonatas, cello, piano, no. 2, op. 5, no. 2, G minor. (Added Author). Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 Container of (work) : Sonatas, cello, piano, no. 3, op. 69, A major. (Added Author). Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 Container of (work) : Sonatas, cello, piano, no. 4, op. 102, no. 1, C major. (Added Author). Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 Container of (work) : Sonatas, cello, piano, no. 5, op. 102, no. 2, D major. (Added Author). Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 Container of (work): Variations sur le thème Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen. (Added Author). Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 Variations based on (work): Zauberflöte. Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen. (Added Author). Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 Container of (work): Variations sur un thème de Händel. (Added Author). Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 Variations based on (work): Judas Maccabaeus. See, the conqu'ring hero comes. (Added Author). Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 Container of (work): Variations sur le thème Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen. (Added Author). Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 Variations based on (work): Zauberflöte. Mädchen oder Weibchen. (Added Author).

Record details

Physical Description: 3 audio discs (152 min., 30 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [New York, New York] : Sony Classical, [2021]
Copyright: ℗2021

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from disc label. Program notes by Emanuel Ax (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations) inserted in container.
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1. Sonata no. 1 in F major, op. 5, no. 1 (25:57) ; Sonata no. 2 in G minor, op. 5, no. 2 (26:12) -- Disc 2. Sonata no. 3 in A major, op. 69 (28:01) ; Sonata no. 4 in C major, op. 102, no. 1 (16:54) ; Sonata no. 5 in D major, op. 102, no. 2 (21:21) -- Disc 3. 7 variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" : WoO 46 (9:22) ; 12 variations on a theme from Handel's Judas Maccabäus : WoO 45 (14:00) ; 12 variations in F major on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" : op. 66 (10:43).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Producer, Steven Epstein.
Participant or Performer Note:	Yo-Yo Ma, cello ; Emanuel Ax, piano.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2020 August Seiji Ozawa Hall, Lenox, Massachusetts.
Awards Note:	Grammy Award Winner, Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor), 2021.