“I particularly like how the album is not just a showcase for two great artists whose parts add up to something greater, but it also works as a beautiful, easy lesson in the evolution of emotional language in music from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.”
Daily album review 28: Cellist Sol Gabetta tames pianist Hélène Grimaud in elegant partnershipArgentinean-born cellist Sol Gabetta and French pianist Hélène Grimaud, the poster girls of free-spirited solo playing, have teamed up on a collaborative album that is surprisingly tame on first listen. But then the appreciation for what they've accomplished begins to grow.
