Gramophone Magazine
October 2021
Editor's Choice

Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (piano)

Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38: I. Allegro non troppo
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38: II. Allegretto quasi Menuetto
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38: III. Allegro
Brahms: Six Songs for Cello and Piano
Brahms: Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op. 105 No. 2 (Arr. for cello and piano)
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: I. Allegro vivace
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: II. Adagio affettuoso
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: III. Allegro passionato
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99 - last movement
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor (Arr. for cello and piano)
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor (Arr. for cello and piano)

Emmanuelle Bertrand and Pascal Amoyel celebrate their twenty years together as a cello and piano duet.

It is hardly surprising that they chose to mark this anniversary with the music of Brahms, a composer who has been a constant on their beautiful journey together: beyond his two ultra-romantic sonatas, they take the listeners to an even deeper emotional realm, that of his lieder, splendidly ‘sung’ here by the cello.

"It’s rare to find interpretations that marry insight and naturalness, and that sends this recording to very near the top of an imposingly tall heap." - Gramophone Magazine, October 2021.