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Sonatas for Piano and Cello

Dejan Lazic, Pieter Wispelwey

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Stately young, exuberantly mature and rebelliously old

An early, a middle and a late Brahms? Yes and no. I could also say a novel, a letter and an epigram or Goethe, Thomas Mann and Schopenhauer; a symphony, a string quintet and a Lied or a beech, oleander and a bramble bush.

Describing and characterizing is a hazardous business, descriptions can never be totally appropriate, clich’s even less so. The pieces are simply too good, they even defy the young, middle and late stigmas. The diversity between the works is too complex and on top of that their inner diversities make any sort of labelling impossible. But they might become just a bit less elusive when placed in each others context. Acting as prisms in a play of emissions and reflections they might reveal some characteristics.

So back to young, middle and late. The ‘young’ Brahms lets the first movement of his sonata soberly stroll along, patiently work up to climaxes and in grand and profound style sing out to its conclusion, resulting in a coda that evokes the twilight of a life.

Sticking to first movements, in the opening movement of Opus 78 its one inspired melody after another, a real sequence of emotions. Its all superbly structured (as is all Brahms) but somehow the intimacy, tenderness, vulnerability and passion are not too unsimilar to the sentiments of an overwhelming first love experience.

The style of the Allegro appassionato of Opus 120 is compact and on a motivic level everything is strictly organized. There is an ‘Ernster Gesang’ feeling, man dies as beasts, but that fatalism isn’t dominant. A more exhilarating ‘Ich grolle nicht’ melody like the first cello line is hard to imagine, except for the Schumann original. And the many lyrical moments that follow are truly heartwarming.

Tracklist

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1.
Sonata for piano and cello in e-minor, op.38 - Allegro non troppo
10:48
2.
Sonata for piano and cello in e-minor, op.38 - Allegretto quasi menuetto
05:36
3.
Sonata for piano and cello in e-minor, op.38 - Allegro
06:02
4.
Sonata for piano and cello in D-Major, op.78 - Vivace ma non troppo
10:47
5.
Sonata for piano and cello in D-Major, op.78 - Adagio-più andante-adagio
07:16
6.
Sonata for piano and cello in D-Major, op.78 - Allegro molto moderato
08:44
7.
Sonata for piano and cello in f-minor, op.120 nr. 1 - Allegro appassionato
07:52
8.
Sonata for piano and cello in f-minor, op.120 nr. 1 - Andante un poco adagio
05:02
9.
Sonata for piano and cello in f-minor, op.120 nr. 1 - Allegretto grazioso
04:06
10.
Sonata for piano and cello in f-minor, op.120 nr. 1 - Vivace
04:51

Total time: 01:11:04

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Label

SKU

24707

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Cables

van den Hul T3 series

Digital Converters

Meitner A/D DSD / Meitner DA

Mastering Engineer

Jared Sacks

Mastering Equipment

B&W 803 diamond series

Microphones

Bruel & Kjaer, Schoeps

Mixing Board

Rens Heijnis custom design

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Original Recording Format

Producer

Hein Dekker

Recording Engineer

Jared Sacks

Recording location

Eindhoven The Netherlands 2007

Recording Software

Pyramix bij Merging

Recording Type & Bit Rate

DSD64

Speakers

Audiolab, Holland

Release Date January 4, 2014

Press reviews

BBC Music Magazine

Without doubt, this achievement can be entirely attributed to the wonderfully imaginative and wide-ranging tonal qualities demonstrated by Wispelwey and his superb partner Dejan Lazic, as well as to the excellent balanced recording …Finally we get the real thing – a tremendous performance

International Record Review

Glowing performances. Rich in detail, judicious at all times and places in terms of tone, phrasing and sonority, and sympathy with all the nuances of Brahmss overarching melodic lines and subtly variety rhythms. Wispelwey makes the most glorious sound, Lazic is the perfect match, neither over-forceful nor under-powered.

Gramophone

Impassioned playing in the cello disc while the violin duo are most engaging. The musicians are both, idiosyncratic players ….Reservations are swept away by their magnificent handling of the finale, which is played fast and with genuine emotional energy as well as conquering virtuosity.

Classic FM

Majestic performances.

American Record Guide

a great disc: exceptionally imaginative and impassioned performers, terrific music, wonderful sound, and excellent instrumental balance.

Fanfare

What makes Wispelwey’s new entry stand out for me is his pianist, Dejan Lazic. Without ever overwhelming Wispelwey – hard to do in any case, given Wispelwey ‘s powerful tone – Lazic makes of the piano part a great deal more than we often hear from accompanists

Fono Forum

Subtil, mit enormer klanglichen Vielfalt, entwerfen die Interpreten ein sehr persnliches Brahms-Bild, das auch die historisierende Spielweise befragt und Hrgewohnheiten herausfordert.

Rondo

.hier entsteht eine Verschmelzung der Instrumente, wie man sie ansonsten nicht hrt! () Ensemble (…) ein fabelhaftes Team (…)

Haagse Post

Kun je Brahms mooier, intenser en herfstiger spelen dan cellist Peter Wispelwey doet op zijn nieuwe cd? Nee dus. Elke sonate uit de vroege, midden en late periode van Brahms heeft zijn eigen karakter en sfeer. Elke sonate is een wereld op zich. In de woorden van Wispelwey: de ene is deftig jong, de ander uitbundig volwassen en de volgende rebels oud. Van Brahms is bekend dat hij opus 78 onmogelijk met droge ogen kon uitspelen. Zoals Wispelwey het doet (zo innig, zo zangerig) is het ook bijna onmogelijk om het met droge ogen uit te luisteren. Topklasse.

Pianowereld

zachtaardige betovering op deze nieuwe Channel Classics cd!! (…) (…) een echte live ervaring in je eigen huiskamer

Klassieke Zaken

De cellist klink als een zoenende, hongerige wolf maar ook als de mens die zijn eeuwige liefde juist heeft gevonden. (…) Onmiskenbaar muziek van Brahms!! (…) (…) Wat ook opvalt aan deze opname is het mooie pianospel van Dejan Lazic. Nu eens morrelt hij wat in de diepte dan weer sprankelt hij boven de cello uit. Hij verliest geen moment de aandacht, blijft boeien en verrassen.

WWW.audio-muziek.nl

Aan lyrische bevlogenheid noch aan levendig temperament ontbreekt het niet en die extra sonate maakt het geheel nog aantrekkelijker. (…) Deze voortreffelijk klinkende uitgave voegt zich moeiteloos bij de besten.

Luister

Pieter Wispelwey’s intonatie is loepzuiver. Extra vermelding verdient het geweldig vibrato, dat Wispelwey in zijn spel hanteert. Een echte aanwinst in het al imposante discografie van Wispelwey.

De Gelderlander

Wanneer de beide heren gezamenlijk de opnamestudio in duiken, dan verdubbelt ook de magie. () () De musici tekenen voor fonkelende, meeslepende vertolkingen. Wispelwey treedt met zijn alleszins geslaagde transcriptie van de klarinet/vioolsonate voor cello bovendien in de voetsporen van Brahms himself.

Elsevier

Pieter Wispelwey speelt muzikaal geslepen, Dejan Lazic is zijn bijna verlegen wapendrager. Het blijft een leuk stel.

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