Chopin, Mendelssohn: Cello Sonatas / Wispelwey

Pieter Wispelwey & Paolo Giacometti, cellos

Mendelssohn
Cello Sonata No.2 op.58 / Lied ohne Worte
Chopin
Waltz op64/1 (arr Davidov) / Waltz op64/2 (arr Davidov) / Waltz op64/3 (arr Davidov) / Cello Sonata op65

o Pieter Wispelwey and his gut string cello partner for a second time with Paolo Giacometti in a programme of Chopin and Mendelssohn. But there is a another great musical figure on this disc - the cellist and composer Karl Davidoff, who studied with Moscheles and Mendelssohn's violinist and composer friend Ferdinand David. Davidoff's brilliant arrangements of the Chopin Waltzes op64 form a sparkling interlude between Mendelssohn's brilliant 2nd sonata, and Chopin's late and great sonata for cello and piano.
o Wisepeley and Giacometti's first ONYX CD of Schubert (ONYX4046) was praised by the critics, Gramophone saying: 'I found the Fantasy, especially, remarkably convincing in its new guise. The transposition to cello increases the difficulties of what is already a demanding work, and enhances the sense of virtuosity as Wispelwey triumphantly surmounts each hurdle.
...the performance of the Arpeggione is most accomplished...'

Price: $21.98