Rachmaninov & Myaskovsky: Sonatas for Cello and Piano
2/8/2019, 9 Tracks, 1:10:52
Featuring
Bruno Philippe
Jérôme Ducros
Nikolai Myaskovsky
Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Composer Biography
Sergei Rachmaninoff's First Symphony failed disastrously, leading to a four-year depression that he overcame with hypnosis.
Composition History
Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata in G minor was dedicated to and premiered by cellist Anatoly Brandukov and the composer himself in Moscow on December 2, 1901.
Instruments
Cellist Bruno Philippe plays a cello made by Carlo Tononi, which is on loan from the Beare's International Violin Society.
Composition History
Myaskovsky's Cello Sonata No. 1, written in 1911, was revised in 1930 and reissued in its definitive version in 1945.
Composer Biography
Nikolai Myaskovsky, a friend of Prokofiev, was a student of Lyadov and Rimsky-Korsakov and composed a vast body of instrumental music, including twenty-seven symphonies.
Critical Reception
Despite his prolific output, Nikolai Myaskovsky is considered unjustly half-forgotten today.
Composition History
Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata in G minor was written in the same year as his Second Piano Concerto, 1901.
