The Harmonia Mundi label doesn't pay a lot of lip service to music outside of its core, Baroque and back-centered repertoire, although it has achieved some marvelous things in contemporary music and, very occasionally, the off-the-beaten-path romantic repertoire. Alkan: Sonate de Concert Op. 47 belongs to this last category, featuring cellist Emmanuelle Bertrand and pianist Pascal Amoyel in cello and piano works of two composers not at all generally associated with chamber music, Charles-Valentin Alkan and Franz Liszt. This ...
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The Harmonia Mundi label doesn't pay a lot of lip service to music outside of its core, Baroque and back-centered repertoire, although it has achieved some marvelous things in contemporary music and, very occasionally, the off-the-beaten-path romantic repertoire. Alkan: Sonate de Concert Op. 47 belongs to this last category, featuring cellist Emmanuelle Bertrand and pianist Pascal Amoyel in cello and piano works of two composers not at all generally associated with chamber music, Charles-Valentin Alkan and Franz Liszt. This is such an intelligent combination; the two were friends and almost exact contemporaries, and both only composed a little music for the cello. The Sonate de concert is a relatively late work for Alkan and quite long for a cello sonata at 33 minutes. It is quite different from his piano music in that for the most part the elements of characterization so often found in his other music give way to an admiration for classical form and balance, though it is quite romantic in tone, almost...
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Add this copy of Cello Sonata Op 47 / Cello Works to cart. $3.45, good condition, Sold by Zoom Books Company rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lynden, WA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Harmonia Mundi.
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