Romberg - ‘Good-bye, great artist. Truly yours, Beethoven’: 3 Grand Sonatas, op.5 | Challenge Classics CC72990

Romberg - ‘Good-bye, great artist. Truly yours, Beethoven’: 3 Grand Sonatas, op.5

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Label: Challenge Classics

Cat No: CC72990

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 5th April 2024

Contents

Artists

Simona Marchesi (harp)
Bartolomeo Dandolo Marchesi (cello)

Works

Romberg, Bernhard

Grand Sonatas (3) for harp and cello, op.5

Artists

Simona Marchesi (harp)
Bartolomeo Dandolo Marchesi (cello)

About

The title of this album is the quote that concludes a letter Beethoven wrote to his friend Romberg on 12 February 1822. The two were indeed friends, and Beethoven greatly admired and respected Romberg as a musician and composer.

The three Sonatas, op.5, for harp and cello (or violin), published in Paris in 1803 are in essence three large concertante sonatas, each of which is articulated in three movements.

The musical material is distributed evenly between the two instruments, in order to create a continuous dialogue between them. The writing, for its time, is to be considered at the limit of virtuosity.

Romberg occupies his indelible place in history, not only for his musical importance but for all the innovations he brought to cello technique, didactics, and even of the construction of the instrument itself.

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