Cellist Christoph Croisé and pianist Oxana Shevchenko began working together in 2014 and won first prize in the 2016 Salieri-Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition.
Recording & Production
This album was one of the last recordings made at the Radiostudio Zürich, a significant classical music studio in Switzerland that has since closed.
Composition History
The album brings together two sonatas, by Richard Strauss and Edvard Grieg, both written in 1883, along with Gabriel Fauré's Élégie, published the same year.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Edvard Grieg often faced criticism that his music sounded too simple, but the performer Christoph Croisé believes this simplicity is its special quality.
Compositional Technique
The three pieces on the album share a similar structure: a grand first movement, a slow movement resembling a funeral march, and a joyful finale.
Composition History
Richard Strauss's Cello Sonata was an early work, with its revised version from 1883 recorded here, though the first version was written when he was only 16.
Recording & Production
The duo recorded two albums in five days, including these sonatas, which is faster than the usual three days for a single recording.
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