Philippe Rachmaninov Myaskovsky Sonatas For Cello

After a first album as part of the harmonia nova collection, which resulted in a well-deserved Victoire de la Musique Classique (category New Instrumental Soloist), Bruno Philippe continues his path on the harmonia mundi label.

Having already recorded a recital of Rachmaninov's and Myaskovsky's 'Sonatas' with Jérôme Ducros, here Philippe is reunited with his long-time musical partner Tanguy de Williencourt on the piano but also with his mentor, conductor Christoph Eschenbach leading the hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt. On the program, Prokofiev's (surprisingly?) romantic cello sonata, coupled with his 'Sinfonia Concertante', that Mount Everest of technical challenges - both works having been written for the great Rostropovitch, who gave them their first performances in 1950 and 1952.