Audiophile 180g Virgin Vinyl LP!
Mastered from the Original Masters of Universal Music!
Pressed at Pallas!
Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and pianist Benjamin Britten perform Sonatas byFranz Schubert and Frank Bridge.
“Few people will be able to resist the big climax when bowed with the intensityRostropovich brings to it (the Bridge) here… It is supremely beautiful playingfrom both cellist and pianist (in the Schubert), with never a dead note in eventhe most incidental bit of figuration, and I suppose we really ought to begrateful that such a humble (albeit charming) little work comes in for so muchlove. The engineering is superb: the sound is glorious, and so true to life thatif you shut your eyes you can imagine the players in your own room.” Gramophone
Features:
• Audiophile 180g Virgin Vinyl
• Pressed at Pallas GmbH in Germany
• Audiophile analogue mastering by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios in Berlin
• Mastered from the Original Masters of Universal Music
• Analogphonic release
Musicians:
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Benjamin Britten, piano
Selections:
Side One:
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Sonata in A minor for Arpeggione and Piano
1. First Movement: Allegro moderato
2. Second Movement: Adagio
3. Third Movement: Allegretto
Side Two:
Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
Sonata for Cello and Piano
1. First Movement: Allegro ben moderato
2. Second Movement: Adagio ma non troppo ‘ Molto allegro e agitato
