Brahms: Cello Sonatas / Hungarian Dances
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Cello Sonatas / Hungarian Dances
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
[ Erato Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 1 February 2018
Pianist Alexandre Tharaud and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras are long-established as a duo team, but this is the first time that Queyras has joined Tharaud for an Erato recording. They have chosen works that lie at the heart of the Romantic repertoire, all by Brahms: his two cello sonatas and the duo's own transcriptions of six of the Hungarian Dances.
"This French duo, cellist Queyras and French pianist Tharaud, follow esteemed company - Rostropovich and Serkin's 1983 recording is my reference (DG 410 510-2). Their new release follow similar tempi and timing (e.g. the first movement of sonata no.1 is 15 minutes in both cases). What they offer is enhancement - the cello is rich with more tonality and the piano has greater presence. Their recording is one to savour." Nicholas Butler
Tracks:
Cello Sonata No 1 Op 38
Cello Sonata No 2 Op 99
Six Hungarian Dances
