Arpeggione Sonata

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Performers:

Emmanuelle Bertrand
Pascal Amoyel
Quatuor Parisii

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on CD, demonstrated both its great class and ability this evening. In each of the movements there was continuous play between tension and relaxation. The intensity was palpable in every bow stroke, whether it was expressive legato, spine-tingling tremolo, or biting sul ponticello. The musicians kept cutting each other off purposefully. The light-footed motif of eight measures that in the first movement (

Release date: 10/04/2026

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on CD, demonstrated both its great class and ability this evening. In each of the movements there was continuous play between tension and relaxation. The intensity was palpable in every bow stroke, whether it was expressive legato, spine-tingling tremolo, or biting sul ponticello. The musicians kept cutting each other off purposefully. The light-footed motif of eight measures that in the first movement (

On this double album, Emmanuelle Bertrand, Pascal Amoyel and the Quatuor Parisii explore the light and shadows in Schubert's late works. With the celebrated Arpeggione Sonata, the sublime String Quintet and various songs arranged for cello and piano, they take the listener on a moving journey where beauty is fractured to reveal the inevitable.