Browse: Poulenc - Cello Sonata, Op. 143

Philippe possesses a lovely tone in lyrical items such as Fauré’s Romance and Après un rêve, and technically is well up to all the challenges. His best interpretation is of the Poulenc Cello... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2023, 3 out of 5 stars More…

They are especially strong advocates of Poulenc’s Cello Sonata, admirably negotiating the rapid changes of direction in the outer movements, the first flitting moth-like between ideas and the... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Gastinel] and Claire Desert have a wonderfully intuitive partnership and both draw on subtle, inimitable soundworlds....Gastinel brings the right note of nonchalant simplicity to Debussy's Sonata...Where... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Fervent and passionate, [the Strohl] proves tremendously listenable; and here Moreau and Kadouch give it all they’ve got…[In the Franck] they seem at times too get up…The Poulenc, however, flowers... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Vividly captured in a warm acoustic, Queyras and Tharaud's is an intimate approach which exactly suits the two short sonatas of Debussy and Poulenc, the former with its abrupt changes of direction... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

This is an excellent, spirited two-CD set...A facotr that comes across clearly here is that Poulenc had a more or less infallible ear for tapping into the timbre and personality of different... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2012 More…

In his excellent liner note, Matt Haimovitz singles out structure and joie de vivre as two salient characteristics of French music, and his playing fully endorses this judgment. His tone (on... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Obeying their instructions to the letter means that cellist and pianist convey the meaning of every crescendo or change of tempo, however minimal, proving that tiny details can have huge effects.... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…