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Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig

The Conquering Hero - Beethoven Works, Cello Piano

Avie
Release Date: January 21, 2022

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1 12 Variations WoO 45 for cello and piano 13.09  
2 Sonata for Piano and Cello No.1 in F Op.5 No.1 / I. Adagio sostenuto – Allegro 18.37  
3 II. Rondo: Allegro vivace 7.21  
4 Sonata for Piano and Cello No.2 in G minor Op.5 No.2 / I. Adagio sostenuto  
5 II. Rondo: Allegro 9.23  
6 12 Variations Op.66 for cello and piano 11.14  
7 Sonata for Piano with Horn or Cello in F Op.17 / I. Allegro moderato 8.36  
8 II. Poco adagio 1.33  
9 III. Rondo: Allegro moto 5.02  
10 7 Variations WoO 46 for cello and piano 10.10  
11 Sonata for Piano and Cello No.3 in A Op.69 / I. Allegro ma non tanto 13.43  
12 II. Scherzo: Allegro molto 5.54  
13 III. Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivace 9.15  
14 Sonata for Piano and Cello No.4 in C Op.102 No.1 / I. Andante – Allegro vivace 7.59  
15 II. Adagio – Tempo d’Andante – Allegro vivace 7.38  
16 Sonata for Piano and Cello No.5 in D Op.102 No.2 / I. Allegro con brio 7.26  
17 II. Adagio con molto sentimento d’affetto 9.39  
18 III. Allegro – Allegro fugato 4.48  
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Jennifer Kloetzel’s lifelong journey with Beethoven began early: she was eight years old when her teacher placed the composer’s second cello sonata on her music stand, opening the door to an odyssey of intrigue and, ultimately, obsession with the composer’s music. Since then, rarely has a day passed without Beethoven being a part of Jennifer’s life. She has studied and performed all of the composer’s duos and trios. As founding cellist of the Cypress String Quartet, she spent 20 years rehearsing, performing and recording the string quartets. Jennifer now arrives at a career milestone with this recording of Beethoven’s Complete Works for Cello and Piano.

Views vary as to what comprises Beethoven’s “complete” works for cello and piano. Jennifer’s discerning choice includes the five Sonatas for Cello and Piano, three sets of variations – based on arias from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus – and the Horn sonata for which the composer also wrote a cello part.

  • Jennifer Kloetzel chats Beethoven with North Carolina's 'Classical Station' 89.7WCPE
    Posted At: August 22, 2022
    Jennifer Kloetzel’s lifelong journey with Beethoven began early: she was eight years old when her teacher placed the composer’s second cello sonata on her music stand, opening the door to an odyssey of intrigue and, ultimately, obsession with the composer’s music. Since then, rarely has a day passed without Beethoven being a part of Jennifer’s life. She has studied and performed all of the composer’s duos a...

  • On 'Beethoven - The Conquering Hero' Jennifer Kloetzel & Robert Koenig make their points quietly & sweetly / GRAMOPHONE
    Posted At: April 26, 2022
    GRAMOPHONE writes……Sample Jennifer Kloetzel’s solo phrase at the start of Beethoven’s Variations on Handel’s ‘See the conqu’ring hero comes’ and you’ll hear cello-playing that’s notable for its warmth, inward expressiveness and emotional reserve. Turn then to her most obvious recent rival in this repertoire, Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax on their latest Sony recording (meaningfully titled ‘Hope Amid Tears’ but a ...

  • Plenty of gruff rhetoric and a fine, warm-toned period piano on Jennifer Kloetzel - Beethoven the Conquering Hero / theStrad
    Posted At: April 14, 2022
    Jennifer Kloetzel’s lifelong journey with Beethoven began early: she was eight years old when her teacher placed the composer’s second cello sonata on her music stand, opening the door to an odyssey of intrigue and, ultimately, obsession with the composer’s music. Since then, rarely has a day passed without Beethoven being a part of Jennifer’s life. She has studied and performed all of the composer’s duos a...

  • Jennifer Kloetzel chats about new 'Beethoven' recording with 89.3WQED: Pittsburgh
    Posted At: April 6, 2022
    Jennifer Kloetzel’s lifelong journey with Beethoven began early: she was eight years old when her teacher placed the composer’s second cello sonata on her music stand, opening the door to an odyssey of intrigue and, ultimately, obsession with the composer’s music. Since then, rarely has a day passed without Beethoven being a part of Jennifer’s life. She has studied and performed all of the composer’s duos a...

  • Meet Jennifer Kloetzel - Hero of the Cello with a Beethoven Obsession / The Cello Museum
    Posted At: March 24, 2022
    Jennifer Kloetzel’s lifelong journey with Beethoven began early: she was eight years old when her teacher placed the composer’s second cello sonata on her music stand, opening the door to an odyssey of intrigue and, ultimately, obsession with the composer’s music. Since then, rarely has a day passed without Beethoven being a part of Jennifer’s life. She has studied and performed all of the composer’s duos a...

  • On new recording, Jennifer Kloetzel conquers the Beethoven sonatas / New Classical Tracks
    Posted At: March 23, 2022
    “People don't often think of Beethoven as this stormy, moody composer, but I think there's such sweetness, depth and cleverness in his music,” cellist Jennifer Kloetzel says. “The dialog between instruments fascinates me. Every time I come back to a work of his, I want to learn more about it and dig a little deeper. That is a sign of a great composer.”Jennifer Kloetzel’s lifelong journey with Beethoven bega...

  • The Cello Sherpa Podcast chats 'Beethoven' with Jennifer Kloetzel and Bob Koenig
    Posted At: March 18, 2022
    Jennifer Kloetzel’s lifelong journey with Beethoven began early: she was eight years old when her teacher placed the composer’s second cello sonata on her music stand, opening the door to an odyssey of intrigue and, ultimately, obsession with the composer’s music. Since then, rarely has a day passed without Beethoven being a part of Jennifer’s life. She has studied and performed all of the composer’s duos a...

  • Jennifer Kloetzel's playing has depth, velvety smoothness, notes of sweetness, brilliance, and spice / miriors
    Posted At: March 8, 2022
    The Conquering Hero is the title of a recent 3-CD set release on the Avie Records label that features Jennifer Kloetzel and pianist Robert Koenig in performances of Beethoven’s complete sonatas for piano and cello, Sonata with Horn or Cello Op. 17 as well as three of the composer’s variations for cello and piano. In the CD booklet Kloetzel says that a fascination with Beethoven’s music began at age eight an...

  • Jennifer Kloetzel chats with VPM Music about new Beethoven recording
    Posted At: March 3, 2022
    Jennifer Kloetzel’s lifelong journey with Beethoven began early: she was eight years old when her teacher placed the composer’s second cello sonata on her music stand, opening the door to an odyssey of intrigue and, ultimately, obsession with the composer’s music. Since then, rarely has a day passed without Beethoven being a part of Jennifer’s life. She has studied and performed all of the composer’s duos a...

  • One of Jennifer Kloetzel's most enduring, long-term and heartfelt relationships is with Beethoven / SFCV
    Posted At: March 2, 2022
    Jennifer Kloetzel’s lifelong journey with Beethoven began early: she was eight years old when her teacher placed the composer’s second cello sonata on her music stand, opening the door to an odyssey of intrigue and, ultimately, obsession with the composer’s music. Since then, rarely has a day passed without Beethoven being a part of Jennifer’s life. She has studied and performed all of the composer’s duos a...

  • Jennifer Kloetzel chats about Beethoven with 91.5WBJC
    Posted At: February 23, 2022
    Jennifer Kloetzel’s lifelong journey with Beethoven began early: she was eight years old when her teacher placed the composer’s second cello sonata on her music stand, opening the door to an odyssey of intrigue and, ultimately, obsession with the composer’s music. Since then, rarely has a day passed without Beethoven being a part of Jennifer’s life. She has studied and performed all of the composer’s duos a...

  • If only more cellists played like Jennifer Kloetzel / BBC Music Magazine
    Posted At: February 17, 2022
    Jennifer Kloetzel’s lifelong journey with Beethoven began early: she was eight years old when her teacher placed the composer’s second cello sonata on her music stand, opening the door to an odyssey of intrigue and, ultimately, obsession with the composer’s music. Since then, rarely has a day passed without Beethoven being a part of Jennifer’s life. She has studied and performed all of the composer’s duos a...

  • Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig - The Conquering Hero provides a thoroughly engaging account of Beethovens music / THE REHEARSAL STUDIO
    Posted At: January 24, 2022
    THE REHEARSAL STUDIO's STEPHEN SMOLIAR writes…..This past Friday Avie Records released The Conquering Hero, a three-CD album of a “complete” account of the chamber music that Ludwig van Beethoven composed for cello and piano. “Complete” amounts to five sonatas written during different period’s of Beethoven’s life: the two Opus 5 sonatas in F major and G minor, respectively, the Opus 69 sonata in A major, an...

  • Jennifer Kloetzel, Robert Koenig - Beethoven: The Conquering Hero is the 98.7WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: January 23, 2022
    Jennifer Kloetzel’s lifelong journey with Beethoven began early: she was eight years old when her teacher placed the composer’s second cello sonata on her music stand, opening the door to an odyssey of intrigue and, ultimately, obsession with the composer’s music. Since then, rarely has a day passed without Beethoven being a part of Jennifer’s life. She has studied and performed all of the composer’s duos a...

  • Brownville Concert Series presents Jennifer Kloetzel & Robert Koenig in Beethoven & Beyond / Atchison County Mail
    Posted At: November 2, 2021
    The Atchison County Mail writes….The Brownville Concert Series is thrilled to present cellist Jennifer Kloetzel and pianist Robert Koenig in “Beethoven & Beyond: Great music for cello and piano.” At this concert you can look forward to hearing beautiful works for cello and piano of Beethoven, Barber, Popper, Baker, and Piazzolla. The small intimate venue will be an amazing place to take in these world-r...
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