Beethoven Sonatas for Violoncello and Piano MAINARDI DG 3LP

Beethoven Sonatas for Violoncello and Piano

Enrico Mainardi, Violoncello

Carlo Zecchi, Piano

DG Analogphonic 3 LP Box LPM 18352/54 / LP43153

analogue mastering from the original analogue master tapes of Universal Music

audiophile analogue mastering by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios

audiophile 180g virgin vinyl pressing at Pallas Group GmbH in Germany

3 records set with jacket prints

printed in Korea

new, factory sealed

The complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas, recorded between 1955 and 1957 with Carlo Zecchi, adopts a much more universal approach than the Bach Suites. A noble statue of Beethoven is sculpted by the careful bowing of the cellist. The technique is sharply executed, but the image created is restrained and serene. A Beethoven with such profound magnanimity and true humanity is not often heard today. Although a monaural recording, as with the Bach, the session recorded at Beethovensaal in Hanover benefits from the good mike setting, which vividly captures the air movements of the recording venue and even the friction at the moment of bowing. It is a valuable record of the cellist who has reached his full maturity in his late 50s.