Brahms: Cello Sonatas
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Cello Sonatas
Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) & Martin Helmchen (piano)
[ Alpha / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 27 May 2016
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Since her high-profile victory at the 2005 Rostropovich Competition (she is the only winner ever to have taken both the First Prize and two special jury prizes), Marie-Elisabeth Hecker has belonged among the cellists who really count in the world. For her very first sonata recording, she is reunited with her partner both on the concert platform and in private life, the stylish pianist Martin Helmchen, in a programme of Brahms. The combination of the cellist whose playing was described by Die Zeit as 'moving and instinctively beautiful' and the pianist whom Diapason calls a 'master of sound, tempo and articulation' promises to be a moment of true chamber music, lyrical and brimming with complicity.
"[Hecker and Helmchen] bring to the sonatas a seamless ensemble, producing something truly greater than the sum of its parts…their ability to control energies together creates the natural gusts of momentum and repose Brahms demands" BBC Music
"Both instruments come through clear and unforced, enabling Hecker to take the lead in shaping a performance of the First Sonata that's essentially lyrical and poetic…this is real duo playing, with each player stepping forward or conceding the musical argument without any grandstanding. That pays rich dividends in the more extrovert and fantastical Second Sonata…you won't be disappointed" Gramophone
Tracks:
Cello Sonata No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 38
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
