Pieter Wispelwey and Paolo Giacometti's latest album F. Schubert & J. Brahms: The Complete Duos - Coda, has now been released on Evil Penguin Records Classic.
The double album concludes the duo's venture to record the complete duos by Brahms and Schubert, and the release comes only two weeks before they receive the 2019 Brahms-Preis. More information about the Brahms-Preis award ceremony on 17 May can be found here.
On this generous last instalment 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 cello 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.
Click the links to listen to the album on Spotify, Apple Music or Qobuz (high resolution), now!
