Fauré - Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 117
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Chamber » Sonatas » Cello Sonatas
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Special offer. Fauré: The Complete music for cello & piano
RecommendedAndreas Brantelid (cello) & Bengt Forsberg (piano)
Brantelid’s light, bright, satiny tone suits Fauré’s style down to the ground – more of a high tenor than a hefty baritone – and Forsberg brings the composer’s piano writing into shimmering... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th June 2017
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RecommendedMusic for cello & piano
Steven Isserlis (cello), with Thomas Adès (piano)
Match [Ades's playing] with the mellow sound and manner of Steven Isserlis's cello, and you have something very special. Their choice of repertory here - devised as an extended upbeat to Ades's... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2013, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012, Disc of the Month
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Fauré - Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
Kathryn Stott (piano), Christian Poltéra (cello) & Priya Mitchell (violin)
Christian Poltéra… phrases sensitively and makes the most of the composer's dynamic markings… Kathryn Stott is an ideal partner, managing her pedalling levels to produce a variety of textures...reinforc[ing]... — More…
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One has a powerful sense of Cecile Licad and Alban Gerhardt's compelling grasp of architecture...[in the Andante of No. 1] Licad's melting lines are wonderfully voiced, and we have a choice... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2012, Editor's Choice
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Faure Authentique - Complete Works For Cello and Piano
Marc Coppey (cello), Pauline Bartissol (cello), François Dumont (piano - Érard grand)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Chamber Music
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The recordings…were for a live audience so silent that these could be labelled ‘studio’ events. And the selection here, released for the first time, testify both to his versatility and his excellence... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, May 2020, Collectionneur
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Fauré's cello sonatas are not nearly so well known as his violin sonatas, but these two late works are well coupled with other cello works and some arrangements from songs (the everpopular Après... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2007, Editor's Choice
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Faure: Integrale de La Musique de Chambre
Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Emmanuel Pahud, Éric Le Sage, François Salque, Lise Berthaud, Paul Meyer, Quatuor Ébène, Daishin Kashimoto
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The pairing here is perfectly matched; their beautiful tone, up-close and also whirling around in space, comes across superbly well. — More…
