Composer: Frédéric François Chopin, Sergey Rachmaninov
Performer: Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexander Melnikov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMM902643
Release: 2022
Size: 1.01 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Scherzo
03. III. Largo
04. IV. Finale – Allegro
Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
05. I. Lento – Allegro moderato
06. II. Allegro scherzando
07. III. Andante
08. IV. Allegro mosso
After Beethoven, Alexander Melnikov and Jean-Guihen Queyras now turn to two more giants of the repertory. Chopin’s Cello Sonata, his last work published in his lifetime, seems almost like a testament, sombre and tormented – a world away from the radiance and surging lyricism of the youthful work by Rachmaninoff that it inspired. These two masterpieces by composers from the two chronological extremities of Romanticism, both pianists above all, are ideally placed in perspective here.