Pianist Alexandre Tharaud and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras are long-established as a duo team, but this is the first time that Queyras has joined Tharaud for an Erato recording. They have chosen works that lie at the heart of the Romantic repertoire, all by Brahms: his two cello sonatas and the duo's own transcriptions of six of the Hungarian Dances.
1 Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38: I. Allegro Non Troppo
2 Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38: II. Allegretto Quasi Menuetto
3 Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38: III. Allegro
4 Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: I. Allegro Vivace
5 Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: II. Adagio Affettuoso
6 Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: III. Allegro Passionato
7 Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: IV. Allegro Molto
8 21 Hungarian Dances, Woo 1, Book 1: No. 4 in G minor (Transc. for Cello and Piano)
9 21 Hungarian Dances, Woo 1, Book 1: No. 1 in G minor (Transc. for Cello and Piano)
10 21 Hungarian Dances, Woo 1, Book 1: No. 5 in F-Sharp minor (Transc. for Cello and Piano)
11 21 Hungarian Dances, Woo 1, Book 2: No. 7 in a Major (Transc. for Cello and Piano)
12 21 Hungarian Dances, Woo 1, Book 3: No. 14 in D minor (Transc. for Cello and Piano)
13 21 Hungarian Dances, Woo 1, Book 3: No. 11 in D minor (Transc. for Cello and Piano)
Pianist Alexandre Tharaud and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras are long-established as a duo team, but this is the first time that Queyras has joined Tharaud for an Erato recording. They have chosen works that lie at the heart of the Romantic repertoire, all by Brahms: his two cello sonatas and the duo's own transcriptions of six of the Hungarian Dances.
