Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No.1 - Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3
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Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No.1 - Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3
Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello) / Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, James Gaffigan. with Pascal Amoyel (piano)
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 1 March 2017
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"That's it done at last, this blasted sonata! Will it please or not? That is the question." So wrote Saint-Saëns, not without humour, of his second 'quadruped' for cello and piano. He adored the cello, as is shown by much more than the famous 'Swan'. He wrote three sonatas for it, but unfortunately the last two movements of the Third Sonata have been lost and what is left survives only in manuscript. Emmanuelle Bertrand and Pascal Amoyel play it here with emotion and total respect. The Concerto also included here is today one of the 'musts' of the concertante repertory for cello.
"[A] luscious and lyrical account of the concerto, with rich orchestral detail" Irish Times
"Gaffigan and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra provide an alert accompaniment, well recorded, with especially vivid timpani...Bertrand releases the Concerto's seemingly unstoppable flow of melody with winning warmth of tone and a facilitating technique. Her soft playing is especially lovely." ClassicalEar
Tracks:
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major Op. 123
Cello Sonata No. 3 op. posth. (unfinished in D major)
