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A good chunk of the 19th century repertory for cello and piano was composed by Felix Mendelssohn, and grateful duos have responded with a good many recordings even during the years when Mendelssohn was out of fashion. This one by cellist Sol Gabetta and pianist Bertrand Chamayou can stand with the best of them. Gabetta and Chamayou have performed together for almost two decades, and it shows in their rendition of the youthful and enthusiastic Variations concertantes, with its shifts of mood and texture. There is an unusual piece here (the recently discovered Assai tranquillo) and the performances of the two hugely contrasting cello sonatas are very strong, with the almost neoclassical Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 45, and the Romantic, stormy Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 58, emerging with vivid individuality and a fine sense of the composer's idiomatic cello writing (Mendelssohn's brother was a cellist) from Gabetta. Another distinctive feature here is the set of contemporary pieces on the second CD in the physical version, commissioned by the performers with a request to respond to Mendelssohn's Songs without Words in some way. It is not completely clear that this works; Mendelssohn's Songs without Words, one of which is included here, proceeded from different aesthetic bases than those of Wolfgang Rihm and Jörg Widmann. However, Gabetta gets a real virtuoso vehicle in the Lieder ohne Worte II excerpts by Heinz Holliger and succeeds with it. In general, the music-making here is committed, sensitive, and often enough humorous; it will please any lover of Mendelssohn or the cello. The album made classical best-seller lists in early 2024.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Variations concertantes, Op. 17/MWV Q 19 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 45/MWV Q 27 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 58/MWV Q 32 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
DISC 2
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Jörg Widmann, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Heinz Holliger, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Heinz Holliger, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Heinz Holliger, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer - Francisco Coll, Composer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Wolfgang Rihm, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Sol Gabetta, Cello, MainArtist - Wolfgang Rihm, Composer - Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, MainArtist - Joel Cormier, Engineer
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Album review
A good chunk of the 19th century repertory for cello and piano was composed by Felix Mendelssohn, and grateful duos have responded with a good many recordings even during the years when Mendelssohn was out of fashion. This one by cellist Sol Gabetta and pianist Bertrand Chamayou can stand with the best of them. Gabetta and Chamayou have performed together for almost two decades, and it shows in their rendition of the youthful and enthusiastic Variations concertantes, with its shifts of mood and texture. There is an unusual piece here (the recently discovered Assai tranquillo) and the performances of the two hugely contrasting cello sonatas are very strong, with the almost neoclassical Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 45, and the Romantic, stormy Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 58, emerging with vivid individuality and a fine sense of the composer's idiomatic cello writing (Mendelssohn's brother was a cellist) from Gabetta. Another distinctive feature here is the set of contemporary pieces on the second CD in the physical version, commissioned by the performers with a request to respond to Mendelssohn's Songs without Words in some way. It is not completely clear that this works; Mendelssohn's Songs without Words, one of which is included here, proceeded from different aesthetic bases than those of Wolfgang Rihm and Jörg Widmann. However, Gabetta gets a real virtuoso vehicle in the Lieder ohne Worte II excerpts by Heinz Holliger and succeeds with it. In general, the music-making here is committed, sensitive, and often enough humorous; it will please any lover of Mendelssohn or the cello. The album made classical best-seller lists in early 2024.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 25 track(s)
- Total length: 01:23:50
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Bertrand Chamayou Sol Gabetta
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sony Classical - Sony Music
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
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