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Franck/Brahms Sonatas - Wispelwey

Channel Classics  CCS SA 18602

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Chamber

Franck: Sonata in A major
Schumann: Adagio und Allegro
Brahms: Sonata in D major

Pieter Wispelwey (cello)
Paolo Giacometti (piano)

All

Recording

DSD recording

Recording Engineer, Editing: C. Jared Sacks

Recorded at Doopsgezinde Kerk, Deventer, Netherlands, Spring 2001

Tracks

1-4. Cesar Franck: Sonata in A major 1886
5. Robert Schumann: Adagio und Allegro, Op. 70
6-8. Johannes Brahms: Sonata in D major, Op. 78

Total time: 62:07

Works (3)

• Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
• César Franck: Violin Sonata in A major, CFF 123
• Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70