MYASKOVSKY & SHOSTAKOVICH: CELLO & PIANO SONATAS

Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881-1950)

Cello & Piano sonata n°2 in A minor Op. 81

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Cello & Piano Sonata in D minor Op. 40

Traces

01 - Cello & Piano sonata n°2 in A minor Op. 81
02 - Cello & Piano sonata n°2 in A minor Op. 81: II. Andante cantabile
03 - Cello & Piano sonata n°2 in A minor Op. 81: III. Allegro con spirito
04 - Cello & Piano sonata in D minor Op. 40: I. Allegro non troppo
05 - Cello & Piano sonata in D minor Op. 40: II. Allegro
06 - Cello & Piano sonata in D minor Op. 40: III. Largo
07 - Cello & Piano sonata in D minor Op. 40: IV. Allegro

Christiana Coppola, cello

Ludovica De Bernardo, piano

2 CD

Myaskovsky and Shostakovich: two giants of twentieth-century music, two creators who survived Stalinism. In their works, both use technique to overcome the severity of evil: the art of perpetual transformation, to annihilate the eternal present of violence. These two superb sonatas are songs of imprisonment and, at the same time, hymns of redemption.

Myaskovsky and Shostakovich: two giants of the music of the 20th century, two survivors from Stalinism. In their own works they both use technique to triumph over the heaviness of evil: the art of continuous modification, to annihilate the eternal present of violence. These two superb Sonatas are songs of captivity and, together, anthems of resurgence.