in Classical Music (May, 2012)
Causse’s big sound is every bit a match for Shostakovich’s dour, late masterpiece; an impression reinforced by the bathroom acoustic. He and Engerer present a straightforward, almost brusque view of the sonata, where others have laid bare its enigmatic weirdness with more subtlety. The couplings, miniatures by Glazunov, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, are delightful if slight in comparison. …
Chostakovitch : Sonate pour alto piano. Caussé, Engerer.
Alexandre Glazounov (1865-1936)
Élégie pour alto & piano en sol mineur, op. 44
Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovski (1840-1893)
6 Morceaux pour piano, op. 19
Souvenir d’un lieu cher, op. 42
6 Pièces pour piano, op. 51
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
14 Mélodies, op. 34
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Sonate pour alto et piano, op. 147
Brigitte Engerer (piano)
Gérard Caussé (violon alto)
20,90€
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