Mstislav Rostropovich & Rudolf Serkin — Brahms: The Cello Sonatas

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More than 20 years separate Brahms’ two cello sonatas. The <i>First</i>, started while the composer was still in his twenties, opens in a mood of deep Romantic yearning, before a lyrical second movement and a furious fugal finale that pits cello against piano in ever more intricate counterpoint. The <i>Second Sonata</i> could hardly be more different—its forthright opening movement and understated Adagio are a good deal more emotionally complex. That Brahms himself was a cellist in his youth as well as a supreme pianist explains the equal roles enjoyed by both instruments. The great Russian master cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and Austrian American pianist Rudolf Serkin prove a formidable duo in their Grammy Award-winning recording of these two works, their beautifully restrained interpretations balancing Brahms’ complex emotional worlds and allowing the music to speak for itself.

Артист

Mstislav Rostropovich & Rudolf Serkin

Треки

  1. Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38: I. Allegro non troppo 15:04
  2. Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38: II. Allegretto quasi Menuetto 5:34
  3. Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38: III. Allegro - Più presto 6:36
  4. Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: I. Allegro vivace 9:37
  5. Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: II. Adagio affettuoso 8:25
  6. Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: III. Allegro passionato 8:01
  7. Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: IV. Allegro molto 4:26