Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata in A major op. 69

Jens Dufner (Publisher)

Ian Fountain (Fingers)

David Geringas (Cello fingering)

Urtext Edition, paperback binding

string part with or without fingering indications

The Great Sonata op. Beethoven's 69, published in 1809, is not only the centerpiece of his five cello sonatas, it is also the most important musically. The artistic intimacy of the relationship of the two instruments is affirmed from the start, in a way, so to speak, programmatically, when the cello first starts a tenor timbre with a melody which is then continued by the piano. In this sonata too, Beethoven renounces a slow movement, but compensates us with the sublime introduction Adagio-cantabile du Finale. The Urtext edition of Jens Dufner is based on his work for the critical apparatus of the Complete Edition of Beethoven's works, and thus offers a musical text of a high scientific level. In the preface as in the critical commentary, he explains the concept and the question of the sources of this sonata. Ian Fountain and David Geringas provide the fingerings.