Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
Performer: Johannes Moser, Andrei Korobeinikov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5187007
Release: 2022
Size: 2 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Cello Sonata No. 2, H. 286
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Largo
03. III. Allegro commodo
Cello Sonata No. 1, H. 277
04. I. Poco allegro
05. II. Lento
06. III. Allegro con brio
Cello Sonata No. 3, H. 340
07. I. Poco andante – Moderato
08. II. Andante
09. III. Allegro, ma non presto
Cello Sonatas full of longing and hope. Cellist Johannes Moser and pianist Andrei Korobeinikov present Bohuslav Martinů’s complete Cello Sonatas. These works belong to the most significant twentieth-century repertoire for cello and piano. Reflecting Martinů’s troubled existence, defined by wartime, emigration, longing for the homeland, yet also full of hope and life-affirming energy, the music seems entirely topical in our own troubled times.
After their award-winning recording of works by Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff from 2016, Moser and Korobeinikov demonstrate their congeniality once more, fully realizing the extreme interdependence of cello and piano in these works. Wonderful.