A performance of pure pleasure
mainFrom my Album of the Week on sinfinimusic.com:
In the aftermath of the Chopin Competition, which takes place every five years, it’s hard to remember that the composer wrote for anything other than solo piano – two concertos excepted. The little cello-piano pieces of the great Pole don’t get heard often enough and this performance is pure pleasure.
Read full review here.
Why not mention it’s Weilerstein & Barnaton?
Lebrecht usually writes these articles this way. I assume it is to encourage readers to click the link.
Emmanuel Ax was in Houston TX recently with the symphony and as an encore performed the largo movement from one of a Chopin sonata for piano and cello. It was sheer beauty.