Browse: Fauré - Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 109

These young French musicians clearly have these works deeply ingrained in their musical thinking, and that familiarity shows in the total lack of preciousness in their performances...There’s... — The Guardian, 6th April 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

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 of... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

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... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

If IKEA were to make a cello, this would be it…Sow how does it sound? In Steven Isserlis’s hands, remarkably fine – though he only uses it for a handful of evocative miniatures…On Isserlis’s... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Meyer's soft-grained playing is unconvincing; Salque is eloquent; Le Sage's articulation crisp. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Cellist O’Kane is the star of this disc, sensitive and introspective in The Swan, then animated and robust Saint-Saens Sonata No. 1, in which he and McHale have a more even partnership. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This, surely, is the most 'complete' of Fauré's complete works for cello yet to appear. Isserlis has unearthed the original version of the Romance, Op 69 (entitled Andante), with a sustained,... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…