Chopin & Franck: Chamber Works

Kloeckner, Benedict; Fedorova, Anna

This new release features two full-blooded romantic Cello Sonatas, each with its own peculiar history and relationship to the instrument. Frédéric Chopin almost exclusively wrote for the piano. His last published work, however, was the Cello Sonata Op. 65, written for his close friend and cellist Auguste Franchomme. Coincidentally, legend has it (as orally testified by Pablo Casals) that Cesar Franck composed his famous Violin Sonata for “violin or cello”, and that a version for cello existed in Franck’s hand, written for none other than the very same Auguste Franchomme. Be that correct or not, the sonata sounds equally original, forceful and lyrical for cello as for violin. This new recording presents the collaboration between two highly gifted young soloists: Benedict Kloeckner and Anna Fedorova, who deliver a both passionate and intimate performance of these great works. Born in 1989, Benedict Koeckner is one of the most admired talents of the new generation of soloists. He has performed alongside world class orchestras, as well as with esteemed chamber ensembles. He has won numerous international competitions, including the International Broadcasting Competition of the European Broadcasting Union in Bratislava. Anna Fedorova is one of the world’s premier young pianists. From an early age, she demonstrated an innate musical maturity and outstanding technical abilities. Her international concert career took off while she was only a child, and audiences around the world were stunned by the depth and power of her musical expression. Critics have praised Anna’s signature “sweet modesty and wild expression,” which renders listeners “completely taken by surprise, compelled and astonished.”

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