Pieter Wispelwey & Paolo Giacometti: The Complete Duos, Vol.5
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.EPRC-030

By Paolo Giacometti and Pieter Wispelwey. By Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms. Classical. Listening CD. Naxos #EPRC 030. Published by Naxos (NX.EPRC-030).

UPC: 608917721720.

On this generous last installment of their Schubert-Brahms pilgrimage, Pieter Wispelwey and Paolo Giacometti serve us three iconic sonatas, including a world premiere. In its original hue of G Major, Brahms' first violin sonata op. 78 is more scintillating and transparent than the D-major cell adaptation, and much more enchanting in its opening Vivace. Brahms' third violin sonata op. 108 fuses surprising ebullience with superior mastery of form, in an epic piece which is an undiluted kick in the groin when played on a cello. And thankfully, Pieter and Paolo revisit Schubert's Arpeggione, that gem of intimacy, fragility, frivolity and humbling, unattainable beauty. A fitting final, in all respects.

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