A top-class summit meeting: France's cello superstar, Gautier Capuçon, and the exceptionally gifted Russian pianist, Nikolay Lugansky, combine their skills.
Experience their subtle collaboration as they interpret three milestones of the cello literature together, effortlessly turning the controls for power, elegance and beauty.
At the centre is Johannes Brahms, who first developed the romantic cello sonata. Sergei Rachmaninov followed on from this with his only profound contribution to the genre. Claude Debussy, on the other hand, deliberately took a different path: his sonata takes a wide berth around Brahms, lands stylistically directly in the Baroque and bears the self-confident signature "Claude Debussy. Musicien français".
A fascinating dialogue between eras and styles, interpreted by two absolute masters of their craft - an evening that promises intimate insights and moments of fragile beauty.
Gautier Capuçon, violoncello & Nikolai Lugansky, piano
Claude Debussy: Sonata for cello and piano in D minor; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for cello and piano no. 1 in E minor op. 38; Sergei Rachmaninov: Sonata in G minor for cello and piano op. 19 (Source: Tonhalle Düsseldorf)
