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In Reply to: RE: Will check it out! I see the Brahms Cello Sonatas with Thedeen and Pontinen are on sale: hard nuts to crack posted by jdaniel@jps.net on December 02, 2016 at 17:09:09
The E-minor comes up fairly often in my work. In fact I'm rehearsing and performing it with one girl in El Cerrito right now. As for the great and wonderful (and more difficult!) F-major work, I believe Schoenberg had some insightful things to say about it (e.g., how the first movement seems to start in medias res, but perhaps this impression isn't quite as it seems!) - I think it was in his essay, "Brahms the Progressive", but it could possibly come from another essay instead (darn memory!).
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I grew up listening to Fournier and Backhaus. Two of the greatest soloists of their time, playing as soloists and pretty much ignoring each other, but still great playing. Maybe a bit like Heifetz and Rubinstein in that way.
Obviously, numerous later versions lack that flaw, but I still have a soft spot for Fournier and Backhaus.
I'll wait for your recording, Chris!
There was a student from Julliard with whom I played the E-minor Sonata in concert a couple of years ago - I know she had it recorded, but I've never heard it and probably never will. Of commercial recordings, I've not heard the Fournier/Backhaus collaboration. The ones I have right now are:
My imprint recording was an earlier recording by Starker (with Abba Bogin), and I also like Starker's F-major with Katchen. The Rivinius album shown above also includes just the F-major work.
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