Beethoven: Cello Sonata Op 69; Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata, etc – review

Carroll/Williams(Orchid Classics)Thomas Carroll and Llyr Willams's performances of both Beethoven's A major Cello Sonata and the Brahms work in F major make you wish the Welsh duo would record the remainder of both composer's cello-and-piano works as soon as possible. Both are intensely musical accounts, with no details overlooked and no challenges ducked, and there is never any sense of either partner hogging the limelight. Yet Williams appears the dominant partner, taking the lead with force...

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