Brahms: Cello Sonatas
Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) & Martin Helmchen (piano)
[Hecker and Helmchen] bring to the sonatas a seamless ensemble, producing something truly greater than the sum of its parts…their ability to control energies together creates the natural gusts...
Brahms: Cello Sonatas
Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) & Martin Helmchen (piano)
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[Hecker and Helmchen] bring to the sonatas a seamless ensemble, producing something truly greater than the sum of its parts…their ability to control energies together creates the natural gusts...
About
Since her high-profile victory at the 2005 Rostropovich Competition (she is the only winner ever to have taken both the First Prize and two special jury prizes), Marie-Elisabeth Hecker has belonged among the cellists who really count in the world.
For her very first sonata recording, she is reunited with her partner both on the concert platform and in private life, the stylish pianist Martin Helmchen, in a programme of Brahms. The combination of the cellist whose playing was described by Die Zeit as ‘moving and instinctively beautiful’ and the pianist whom Diapason calls a ‘master of sound, tempo and articulation’ promises to be a moment of true chamber music, lyrical and brimming with complicity.
Contents and tracklist
- Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Martin Helmchen
- Recorded: 10-13 February 2014
- Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Bremen, Germany
- Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Martin Helmchen
- Recorded: 10-13 February 2014
- Recording Venue: Sendesaal, Bremen, Germany
Awards and reviews
November 2016
[Hecker and Helmchen] bring to the sonatas a seamless ensemble, producing something truly greater than the sum of its parts…their ability to control energies together creates the natural gusts of momentum and repose Brahms demands
August 2016
Both instruments come through clear and unforced, enabling Hecker to take the lead in shaping a performance of the First Sonata that’s essentially lyrical and poetic…this is real duo playing, with each player stepping forward or conceding the musical argument without any grandstanding. That pays rich dividends in the more extrovert and fantastical Second Sonata…you won’t be disappointed
17th July 2016
This is a disc to delight Brahmsians. The two contrasting, complementary sonatas...receive vital, deeply musical performances from the young German duo...the cellist, with her lovely bright, richly varied tone, is never overlaid. Both works surge and sing.
