"Arpeggione Sonata" and Sonatiina for cello and piano. With works by Berg and Webern

Three Viennese composers transcend their time.
‘Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata has been at the heart of our repertoire ever since Alexandre Tharaud and I began to play together. Its apparently carefree luminosity cannot conceal an anguish which comes out into the open at the end of the second movement. . . . Berg assumes his dark inner demons, whereas Webern plays on sublimation and detachment. But all three share the same need for limitless confrontation with the basic elements of desire, sensuality, and death, making them almost palpable . . .’ - Jean-Guihen Queyras