Chopin: Cello Sonata, etc / Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata, etc
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FREDERIC CHOPIN / FRANZ SCHUBERT
Chopin: Cello Sonata, etc / Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata, etc
Steven Isserlis (cello), Dénes Várjon (Érard piano)
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 28 September 2018
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Cellists have cause to be thankful for the impracticality and swift demise of the arpeggione, which allowed the appropriation of Schubert's wonderful sonata for their own instrument. Dénes
Várjon's 1851 Érard lends characterful zest both here and in Chopin, while bonuses include Steven Isserlis's own transcriptions of songs by both composers.
"The solemn Arpeggione is prefigured here by Isserlis's arrangement of Chopin's achingly beautiful 'Nie ma czego trzeba'. Again in this Sonata, the duo offer graceful transparency, lithe refinement with a compelling edginess. Schubert's dances cast dark shadows, tears glisten through the Adagio's consoling melodies. Spellbinding." - Five Stars BBC Music Magazine
"We get a real sense of give and take from the off, Isserlis and Várjon giving Chopin's lines a pliable quality that brings them to life...Their Schubert Arpeggione is similarly thoughtful and full of details that so often pass by unnoticed...Even among Isserlis's many fine discs, this one stands out. And if you still need convincing that the Chopin Cello Sonata is a total masterpiece, this is the recording to do it." Gramophone Recording Of The Month November 2018
"From the majesty of the Chopin to the simple elegance of the Schubert. Isserlis's singular mellow lyricism suits this repertoire perfectly. Várjon is deft and poised in accompaniment. The bonus is a Schubert song, Nacht und Träume, transcribed for cello and piano by Isserlis, an unmitigated nocturnal pleasure." The Observer
"The best things on this disc are Isserlis's own arrangements of songs by Chopin and Schubert - music that best suits the dusky sound of the entire album." The Strad
Tracks:
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Introduction and Polonaise brillante in
C major Op 3
1 Introduction [3'08]
2 Alla Polacca [5'55]
AUGUSTE FRANCHOMME (1808-1884)
3 Nocturne in C minor Op 15 No 1 [4'27]
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Cello Sonata in G minor Op 65 [30'32]
4 Maestoso [15'10]
5 Scherzo [5'16]
6 Largo [3'37]
7 Finale: Allegro [6'29]
8 Nie ma czego trzeba Op 74 No 13 [3'34] arr. Isserlis
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 [25'54]
9 Allegro moderato [11'55]
10 Adagio [4'31] -
11 Allegretto [9'28]
12 Nacht und Träume D827 [3'45] arr. Isserlis
