Composer: Johannes Brahms
Performer: Geoffroy Couteau, Raphaël Perraud
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: La Dolce Volta
Catalogue: LDV66D
Release: 2020
Size: 839 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Cello Sonata No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 38
01. I. Allegro non troppo
02. II. Allegretto quasi menuetto
03. III. Allegro – Più presto
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
04. I. Allegro vivace
05. II. Adagio affettuoso
06. III. Allegro passionato
07. IV. Allegro molto
The two Sonatas for cello and piano constitute works of great significance in Brahms’s output. Powerfully lyrical, a realm of pure interiority, they provide a glimpse of his youthful period as well as his high maturity. These summits of chamber music, with their protean humanity, call for complementarity and osmosis on the part of their interpreters. Raphaël Perraud and Geoffroy Couteau establish a skilfully matured balance. Gentleness and impetuosity, melancholy and frenzy, meditation and elation are combined in inflections of eloquent spontaneity. The fantastical aspect of this epic combat between cello and piano never ceases to gain in profundity and lyricism in the course of their performances.