John-Henry Crawford & Victor Santiago Asuncion - Dialogo (2021) [Official Digital Download]

American cellist John\-Henry Crawford was named Young Artist of the Year by the Classical Recording Foundation in 2019, and his debut album demonstrates exceptional insight and nuance in a varied and fascinating program, performed with pianist Victor Asuncion. Playing a rare 200\-year\-old cello smuggled out of Austria by his grandfather, Robert Popper, John\-Henry Crawford performs sonatas by Brahms and Shostakovich alongside Ligetis Solo Sonata. Brahms insisted that the piano was the cellos equal in his Cello Sonatas, and the F major Sonata gives Victor Asuncion plenty of opportunities to shine. Ligetis Solo Sonata has had a turbulent journey from romantic gesture to Soviet censorship to staple of the repertoire, and Shostakovichs D minor Sonata grew out of a troubled time in his life, but in both cases the cello is given an array of lyrical, passionate and technically demanding material, performed here with great flair.

TRACKLIST

1. John-Henry Crawford & Victor Santiago Asuncion - Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: I. Allegro vivace
2. John-Henry Crawford & Victor Santiago Asuncion - Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: II. Adagio affettuoso
3. John-Henry Crawford & Victor Santiago Asuncion - Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: III. Allegro passionato
4. John-Henry Crawford & Victor Santiago Asuncion - Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: IV. Allegro molto
5. John-Henry Crawford - Sonata for Solo Cello: I. Dialogo
6. John-Henry Crawford - Sonata for Solo Cello: II. Capriccio
7. John-Henry Crawford & Victor Santiago Asuncion - Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40: I. Allegro non troppo
8. John-Henry Crawford & Victor Santiago Asuncion - Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40: II. Allegro
9. John-Henry Crawford & Victor Santiago Asuncion - Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40: III. Largo
10. John-Henry Crawford & Victor Santiago Asuncion - Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40: IV. Allegro



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