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Cellist Jennifer Kloetzel and pianist Robert Koenig. Ludwig van Beethoven – CD Review, April 14th-15th
Cellist
Jennifer Kloetzel's closeness to Beethoven's music has long since begun: the
talented musician was only eight years old when her teacher placed on her stand
the score of the second cello and piano sonata signed by the German classic.
Since then, Beethoven's music has fascinated Jennifer Kloetzel and has been
part of her daily life. She studied and recorded the chamber pieces by
Beethoven at the Cypres String Quartet, which she studied and recorded the
chamber pieces by Beethoven in the Cypres String Quartet, which she founded 20
years ago. And now, the young artist, a graduate of the prestigious Juilliard
School in New York, is reaching a new peak in her career, launching earlier
this year the entirety of the works for cello and piano by Ludwig van Beethoven,
together with the Canadian pianist Robert Koenig. Included in this collection
of three CDs, recorded in San Francisco in the summer of 2019 and in September
2020, in addition to the five sonatas for cello and piano by Beethoven, three
sets of variations for the same duo of instruments, based on arias from
Mozart's "The Magic Flute" and music from the oratorio "Judas
Maccabee" by Handel, are included in this collection of three CDs, as well
as Beethoven's sonata op. 18 for horn or cello and piano.
"Beethoven
the conquering hero" – "The Conquering Hero" is the title of the
discographic set released on January 21st by cellist Jennifer Kloetzel and
pianist Robert Koenig. The title of this album comes from the famous choir
"The conquering hero" from Handel's oratorio Judas Maccabee, a theme
that Beethoven processed and to which he added 12 variations for cello and
piano. It is a theme that evokes, according to cellist Jennifer Kloetzel, the
essence of Ludwig van Beethoven's music – the joy and triumph of good.
Jennifer
Kloetzel studied at Juilliard School, receiving from the prestigious New York
Institution the "Peter Mennin" Award for her achievements in the
field of classical music. JennoferKloetzel has given concerts and recitals on
renowned stages in the United States of America, Europe and Asia; he founded
the Cypres String Quartet in San Francisco, with which he recorded numerous
albums, most of them comprising Beethoven quartets. Currently a cello teacher
and head of the string department at Santa Barbara University, Jennifer
Kloetzel has an impressive discography, comprising 37 CDs of songs from various
styles, from 18th century music to contemporary creation.
Robert
Koenig is a colleague of Jennifer Kloetzel's at Santa Barbara University. The
musician teaches the piano at this prestigious institution and intensely
promotes chamber music; he has given recitals on important stages in North
America and Europe, collaborating with famous musicians such as Augustine
Hadelich, Sarah Chang, Hilary Hahn and Jennifer Kloetzel.
Translated by Beatrice-Andreea Porumb,
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, MTTLC, year I
Corrected by Silvia Petrescu