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.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polonaise brillante, Op. 3 | Bertrand Chamayou, Sol Gabetta | Play | 09:46 | 22 MB | 50 MB |
| 2 | Grand duo concertant in E major | Bertrand Chamayou, Sol Gabetta | Play | 11:51 | 27 MB | 58 MB |
| 3 | 1. Sonata For Cello And Piano In G Minor, Op. 65 - I. Allegro Moderato | Sol Gabetta, Bertrand Chamayou | Play | 16:34 | 37 MB | 83 MB |
| 4 | Sonata For Cello And Piano In G Minor, Op. 65 - II. Scherzo. Allegro Con Brio | Sol Gabetta, Bertrand Chamayou | Play | 05:27 | 12 MB | 29 MB |
| 5 | Sonata For Cello And Piano In G Minor, Op. 65 - III. Largo | Sol Gabetta, Bertrand Chamayou | Play | 04:31 | 10 MB | 20 MB |
| 6 | Sonata For Cello And Piano In G Minor, Op. 65 - IV. Finale. Allegro | Sol Gabetta, Bertrand Chamayou | Play | 06:33 | 15 MB | 34 MB |
| 7 | Étude, Op. 25, No. 7 In C-Sharp Minor (Transcribed In E Minor By Alexander Glazunov) | Sol Gabetta, Bertrand Chamayou | Play | 05:15 | 12 MB | 25 MB |
| 8 | 8. Nocturne, Op. 15, No. 1 (Arr. For Cello And Piano By Auguste-Joseph Franchomme) | Sol Gabetta, Bertrand Chamayou | Play | 05:18 | 12 MB | 26 MB |
| 9 | Nocturne For Cello And Piano, Op. 14, No. 1 | Sol Gabetta, Bertrand Chamayou | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 23 MB |
| 69 mins | 160 MB | |||||
| 69 mins | 351 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bertrand Chamayou | Piano, Primary Artist |
| 2 | Sol Gabetta | Cello, Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |