Grieg Cello Sonata & String Quartet - Classical Music for Relaxation, Study & Romantic Evenings
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Product description Sans blister Amazon.com If you're familiar with Grieg's piano concerto, you'll hear its melodic fingerprints (influenced by Norwegian folk dance tunes) throughout the present chamber works, notably in the Cello Sonata's first movement and the G Minor String Quartet's Intermezzo. The Sonata stands out for Truls Mørk's seamless bow arm, cutting edge fortes that never take a vulgar leap, and soft playing that whispers with fullness of body. His pianist, Håvard Gimse, proves an incisive equal partner, rather than deferential accompanist. For all its fullness of texture and quasi-orchestral scope, the quartet's abundant lyrical ideas linger longest in your inner ear. Mørk and colleagues offer a hard-nosed, terse performance characterized by gaunt, slashing double-stops and a less genial mindset than the Auryn Quartet's wistful slides and looser-limbed phrasing (on the CPO label). The quartet is well engineered in a resonant space, but the Sonata's drier sonics, by contrast, sound comparatively constricted. --Jed Distler
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I had been looking for recordings of these two works and was ecstatic to find them both in one recording.Grieg's cello sonata isn't as widely known as his piano concerto of Peer Gynt suites but I'm now convinced it should become a staple in cello repertoires. I first heard the cello sonata from a youtube clip of Mischa Maisky accompanied by Martha Argerich and absolutely fell in love. This recording doesn't have quite the same fire (who would?) but is enjoyable nonetheless. The only issue I have is with the recording itself. It was recorded in Grieg's home and played on his own piano, which is great from a historical perspective (Truls Mork, like Grieg, is Norwegian), yet doesn't particularly lend itself well to a sound recording. There are balancing issues at times but this is a minor quibble.The quartet likewise is well-performed. I had only heard it once before on the radio but was eager to find a recording afterwards. Like the cello sonata, the quartet certainly deserves more attention, not just from Grieg fans but classical fans alike!
