Steven Isserlis, Robert Levin - Beethoven: Cello Sonatas

�Isserlis�s playing always has spirit to spare. But the fortepiano ensures an even fresher sense of discovery to his cello odyssey� (The Guardian)In this new chamber recording, Steven Isserlis together with his regular collaborator, fortepianist Robert Levin, presents a magisterial and long-awaited compendium of Beethoven�s complete works for cello and piano, including Beethoven�s arrangement of his Op 17 Horn Sonata. The use of the fortepiano opens up a wealth of sonic possibilities for these works.The five Cello Sonatas span Beethoven�s compositional epochs and comprise the most important cycle of cello sonatas in the entire repertoire. Isserlis writes that the composer �transforms himself from confident virtuoso to supreme master of classical form, and then beyond that to a mystic exploring strange new worlds of unearthly beauty�a wondrous transfiguration�.