Brahms - Cello Sonatas, Four Serious Songs
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Label: Somm
Cat No: SOMMCD0158
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 1st July 2016
Contents
Works
Cello Sonata no.1 in E minor, op.38Cello Sonata no.2 in F major, op.99
Ernste Gesange (4), op.121 (transcr. Shafran/Baillie)
Artists
Alexander Baillie (cello)John Thwaites (piano)
Works
Cello Sonata no.1 in E minor, op.38Cello Sonata no.2 in F major, op.99
Ernste Gesange (4), op.121 (transcr. Shafran/Baillie)
Artists
Alexander Baillie (cello)John Thwaites (piano)
About
Recorded last May at the famous Gert Hecher Klavier-Athelier in Vienna, the three pianos in the collection are Hecher's pride and joy for their unique qualities of sound. The Brahms E minor Sonata, op.38, was recorded on a pure-toned, sweetly singing, straight-strung Rönisch piano from the 1860s. The F major Sonata, op.99, is on an Ehrbar grand piano built in 1877, whose characteristics are a soft, sensuous sound with a resonant bass and a heavy Viennese action. The Four Serious Songs, Brahms's last work, is played on a cross-strung Viennese Streicher which dates from 1878. The sound is large, dignified, profound and colourful, characteristics typical of all Streicher's instruments.
"These are passionate, focused, full-blooded readings without a hint of reticence or apology. Alexander Baillie and John Thwaites invest each work with the power of utter belief, and as a result these are probably the best current versions of the Bridge, Ireland, Rubbra and Delius Sonatas." - Calum MacDonald, BBC Music Magazine, Chamber Choice, October 2013
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