BRAHMS: CELLO SONATAS NOS. 1 & 2 - Emmanuelle Bertrand, Pascal Amoyel

Emmanuelle Bertrand and Pascal Amoyel celebrate their twenty years together as a cello and piano duet. It is hardly surprising that they chose to mark this anniversary with the music of Brahms, a composer who has been a constant on their beautiful journey together: beyond his two ultra-romantic sonatas, they take the listeners to an even deeper emotional realm, that of his lieder, splendidly “sung” here by the cello!

JOHANNES BRAHMS [1833-1897]
Cello Sonata No. 1 Op. 38
E minor / Mi mineur / e-Moll
· I. Allegro non troppo (14'45)
· II. Allegretto quasi Menuetto (5'36)
· III. Allegro (6'32)

Six Love Songs / Six Chants d'amour / Sechs Liebeslieder
· 1. Feldeinsamkeit Op. 86 No. 2 (3'28)
· 2. Wie Melodien zieht es mir leise durch den Sinn Op. 105 No. 1 (1'46)
· 3. Sapphische Ode Op. 94 No. 4 (1'59)
· 4. Wiegenlied Op. 49 No. 4 (2'04)
· 5. Liebestreu Op. 3 No. 1 (2'25)
· 6. Minnelied Op. 71 No. 5 (2'49)

· Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer op. 105 no. 2 (4'02)

Cello Sonata No. 2 Op. 99
F major / Fa majeur / F-Dur
· I. Allegro vivace (8'49)
· II. Adagio affettuoso (6'51)
· III. Allegro passionato (7'29)
· IV. Allegro molto (4'28)

· Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer Op. 105 No. 2 (4'21)
· Hungarian Dance no. 5
F-sharp minor / Fa dièse mineur / fis-Moll
Allegro (2'19)