Artist : Pierre Fournier (cello), Wilhelm Backhaus(piano)
Title :  Brahms - Sonatas for ’cello and piano
 
RELEASE DATE : 10. Dec. 2020
FORMAT : Vinyl
CAT NO : LP43167
DISC : 1 LP
BARCODE : 8808678161670
 
• From the original analogue masters of Universal Music 
• Audiophile analogue mastering by John Webber at Air Studios in London  
• 180g audiophile virgin vinyl pressed by Pallas Group GmbH in Germany
• LXT 5077
 
RECORDING INFORMATION
Producer: Victor Olof
Engineer: Gil Went 
Recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, 1-3 May 1955
 
Fournier’s particular brand of lyricism suits these sonatas very well, and he sounds especially fine on the lower strings... and Fournier makes golden sounds. He takes the slow movement much faster than his rivals, but sings the more lyrical trio section with a sweetness that is wholly disarming. His performance of the finale of this sonata (No.1) is without question the best. Gramophone
 
Cellist Pierre Fournier (1906-1986) developed a more suave, elegant style that became his endearing trademark for more than 40 years. The 1955 record of the Brahms’ 2 Cello Sonatas, with pianist Wilhelm Backhaus (1884-1969), captures the wonderful wide-ranging beauty of dignity, passion, joy and reserve in both works. Town Line Newspapaer