Composer: Léon Boëllmann, Benjamin Louis Paul Godard
Performer: Mats Lidström, Bengt Forsberg
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA66888
Release: 1996
Size: 260 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Godard: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 104
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Adagio non troppo
03. III. Vivace ma non troppo – Andante – Vivace – Moderato
Godard: Pieces, for Cello & Piano, Op. 61
04. I. Aubade
05. II. Scherzo
Boëllmann: Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op 31
06. I. Valse lente
07. II. Menuet
Boëllmann: Cello Sonata, Op. 40
08. I. Maestoso – Allegro con fuoco
09. II. Andante
10. III. Allegro molto – Poco animato
The two cello sonatas on this recording are described by their performer, Mats Lidstrm, as belonging to the class of truly grand sonatas, along with the F major Sonata by Brahms. They come from late nineteenth-century Paris, and that tradition of French chamber-music composition which is marked out by an excellence of musical training and a seriousness of intent. The melodic charm of Godard’s Sonata is most strongly reminiscent of comparable compositions by Schumann; the Sonata by the tragically short-lived Bollmann is marked out rather by virtuosic demands and an extraordinary range of almost Wagnerian harmonic sideslips.