Brahms's use of counterpoint in his Cello Sonata No. 1, particularly in the fugal style of the final movement, reflects his veneration for J.S. Bach.
Bruno Philippe, the cellist, won the third prize and audience prize at the International Competition of the ARD in Munich in September 2014.
Johannes Brahms composed his two cello sonatas, featured on this album, twenty years apart.
This album was recorded in September 2014 at 'Espace Maurice Fleuret' in the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris.
The cello used for this recording is an Italian cello from 1694.
Robert Schumann's Fantasiestücke, Op. 73, was composed in just two days in February 1849, originally for clarinet and piano.
Bruno Philippe, the cellist on this album, plays a Fanck Ravatin cello on loan from Mécénat Musical Société Générale.
