Brahms; Debussy; Shostakovich: Cello Sonatas, etc – review

Gabetta/Grimaud(Deutsche Grammophon)Sol Gabetta and Hélène Grimaud are by no means an established cello-and-piano partnership, but they do share a record label and made their debut as a duo last year. In fact their quixotic musical personalities do match; there's a lightness of touch and an element of spontaneityin Gabetta's playing that corresponds to the impulsive aspects of Grimaud's pianism, and their performances of both the Debussy Sonata and Schumann's Op 73 Fantasiestücke revel in tha...

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