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A "Chopin album" from a cellist is necessarily going to include the Cello Sonata, Op. 65, one of just a few works by Chopin for anything other than piano or voice. The young and highly charismatic Argentine cellist Sol Gabetta, who is carving out a niche not unlike that occupied by Jacqueline du Pré in the 20th century, and pianist Bertrand Chamayou deliver a grand version of this work, with big contrasts between the very deliberate slow movement and the commanding finale. It's a fine recording of the work, and it complements the other two Chopin cello-and-piano pieces, virtuoso items, which are also included. But another item making this recording stand out is the presence of some less common, older items. The cellist Auguste Franchomme was the dedicatee of the Cello Sonata, and he massaged, or in the latter case composed, the cello parts of the Introduction and Polonaise and the Grand Duo Concertante operatic fantasy heard here. He is represented at the end by a Nocturne of his own composition and by an ingenious arrangement of one of Chopin's piano nocturnes that works in material from another nocturne. This would not have seemed odd to a cellist of a century ago, who might also have played Glazunov's beautifully idiomatic arrangement of the piano Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 7. This is another winner from a new star of the cello. Sony's big sound here complements Gabetta's aims beautifully.
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Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 65 (Frédéric Chopin)
Sol Gabetta, Violoncello - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano - Frédéric Chopin, Composer
(P) 2015 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Violoncello - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano - Frédéric Chopin, Composer
(P) 2015 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Violoncello - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano - Frédéric Chopin, Composer
(P) 2015 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Violoncello - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano - Frédéric Chopin, Composer
(P) 2015 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Polonaise brillante in C Major, Op. 3 (Frédéric Chopin)
Sol Gabetta, Violoncello - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano - Frédéric Chopin, Composer
(P) 2015 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Grand duo concertant in E Major on themes from Meyerbeer's "Robert the Devil" (Frédéric Chopin)
Sol Gabetta, Violoncello - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - Auguste Franchomme, Composer
(P) 2015 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Etude No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 25 (Frédéric Chopin)
Sol Gabetta, Violoncello - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - Alexander Glazunov, Adapter
(P) 2015 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Nocturne No. 1 in F Major, Op. 15 (Frédéric Chopin)
Sol Gabetta, Violoncello - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano - Frédéric Chopin, Composer - Auguste Franchomme, Adapter
(P) 2015 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Nocturne for Cello and Piano in E Minor, Op. 14, No. 1 (Auguste Franchomme)
Sol Gabetta, Violoncello - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano - Auguste Franchomme, Composer
(P) 2015 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Album review
A "Chopin album" from a cellist is necessarily going to include the Cello Sonata, Op. 65, one of just a few works by Chopin for anything other than piano or voice. The young and highly charismatic Argentine cellist Sol Gabetta, who is carving out a niche not unlike that occupied by Jacqueline du Pré in the 20th century, and pianist Bertrand Chamayou deliver a grand version of this work, with big contrasts between the very deliberate slow movement and the commanding finale. It's a fine recording of the work, and it complements the other two Chopin cello-and-piano pieces, virtuoso items, which are also included. But another item making this recording stand out is the presence of some less common, older items. The cellist Auguste Franchomme was the dedicatee of the Cello Sonata, and he massaged, or in the latter case composed, the cello parts of the Introduction and Polonaise and the Grand Duo Concertante operatic fantasy heard here. He is represented at the end by a Nocturne of his own composition and by an ingenious arrangement of one of Chopin's piano nocturnes that works in material from another nocturne. This would not have seemed odd to a cellist of a century ago, who might also have played Glazunov's beautifully idiomatic arrangement of the piano Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 7. This is another winner from a new star of the cello. Sony's big sound here complements Gabetta's aims beautifully.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:01
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Sol Gabetta
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music Duets
(P) 2015 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
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