Steven Isserlis: ‘Portrait of a lifetime’s journey - the 5 sonatas for piano & cello by Beethoven’.

Recording of the online seminar “Kirill Gerstein invites“ hosted by Kronberg Academy. . Steven Isserlis discusses the five cello and piano sonatas by Beethoven with questions by Kirill Gerstein and numerous seminar participants. -------- Beethoven’s sonatas for piano and cello embrace the three supposed periods of his creative life, the first sonatas emerging clearly from his time as a performer/virtuoso, the last two providing a gateway to his ‘late’ period. In between comes the most famous of the five, the one in A major, op 69, with which Beethoven created the genre of an equal duo sonata for the two instruments. We will discuss this remarkable trajectory, with illustrations from Steven’s recordings with the fortepianist Robert Levin. -------- Kirill Gerstein invites - an online forum with leading thinkers hosted by Kronberg Academy Subscribe to receive updates and future seminar invitations: Subscribe to the YouTube channel to be appraised of new seminar video postings: