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Reger: Cello Sonatas - Gerhardt, Becker (2008)

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Reger: Cello Sonatas - Gerhardt, Becker (2008)

Reger: Cello Sonatas - Gerhardt, Becker (2008)
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 2 CDs | Full Scans | 496 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | Catalog Number: 67581

Alban Gerhardt’s profound musicality and charisma have made him one of the most sought-after cellists of his generation. His ebullient personality is present in all his performances; he is nevertheless passionately committed to the intentions of the composer, and his recordings are always the product of an intense personal journey into every aspect of the music. Gerhardt’s espousal of Reger’s cello sonatas and suites is thus greatly welcomed. Pianist Markus Becker has released twelve discs of Reger’s keyboard music and is an ideal interpreter.

Reger’s cello sonatas and suites demonstrate every facet of this complex composer and individual. The composer’s passionate commitment to German Romanticism and his neo-Classical inspirations are both here: the great influence by Brahms and then the conscious shrugging-off of that mantle in the face of a complex and progressive stylistic advance. The sonatas span the duration of his career and culminate in the late unaccompanied suites, whose ambition to emulate J S Bach is both patent and largely fulfilled. The duo sonatas demand—and receive in this recording—not only a cellist of unusual powers of empathy and bravura, but also a first-rate pianist. This is fascinating and difficult repertoire, wonderfully performed and recorded.

Composer: Max Reger
Performer: Markus Becker, Alban Gerhardt

Reviews: All too frequently Max Reger's penchant for weaving extremely chromatic melodic lines into very complex contrapuntal textures has made his music seem unfathomable and indigestible. Yet when performers of real calibre take the trouble to try and clear a path through the musical fog, the results can be exceptionally rewarding. Certainly it would be difficult to find more persuasive advocates than cellist Alban Gerhardt and pianist Markus Becker, both of whom are steeped inside the idiom and know exactly how to present the music with cogency and a sure sense of direction. The Four Cello Sonatas provide a fascinating overview of Reger's musical development, moving from the Brahmsian warmth of the First to the highly expressionist and unsettling Fourth. With the aid of excellent sound, Gerhardt and Becker map out this musical journey with wonderful sensitivity…. Hyperion's decision to add to this already challenging progamme the Three Unaccompanied Suites of 1914 is fully vindictated by an outstanding performance which once again demonstrates Gerhardt's formidable control of musical line and breathtaking virtuosity.

Tracklisting:

1. Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 5 by Max Reger
Performer: Markus Becker (Piano), Alban Gerhardt (Cello)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Germany

2. Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 28 by Max Reger
Performer: Markus Becker (Piano), Alban Gerhardt (Cello)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1898; Germany

3. Sonata for Cello and Piano no 3 in F major, Op. 78 by Max Reger
Performer: Markus Becker (Piano), Alban Gerhardt (Cello)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Germany

4. Sonata for Cello and Piano no 4 in A minor, Op. 116 by Max Reger
Performer: Markus Becker (Piano), Alban Gerhardt (Cello)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1910; Germany

5. Suites (3) for Cello solo, Op. 131c by Max Reger
Performer: Alban Gerhardt (Cello)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1915; Germany

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