Cello Sonatas by Krizhanovsky & Potolovsky

[Alan Howe]

You are welcome to start another thread...

[febnyc]

Oh, many thanks.

I'll drop the subject of the Russian composers song - am getting too much flak from all quarters.  Anyway, our boy Krizhanovsky is therein memorialized for all eternity.

[Christopher]

As punishment you should pick out the Unsungs from the song and direct us to recordings of their works!! 

[Alan Howe]

Fine! But not in this thread! 

[febnyc]

Enough already! Let's get back to the music!

Well, to get back to the music - albeit a bit late - these are two gorgeous Sonatas.  I cannot decide which is the better, so I'll take them equally.  Inter alia, the Khrizhanovsky has a magnificent slow movement and the Potolovsky finale is almost orchestral - amazing to realize that there are only two instruments at work here.  The cellist Jaroslav Domzal is marvelous.  A 5-star disc, to be sure.

[Alan Howe]

Glad you like them too. Thought it was just me...

[tuatara442442]

I'm listening to these two these days. These two wonderful cello sonatas by two names completely unknown to me are really astonishing. These instantly leap into the league of my favorite cello sonatas!
In fact before listening to these I just tried de Hartmann's repetitive and desultory (and really, melodically uninteresting) string sonatas and PC (the finale of his cello sonata finally saved his day though). And that just strengthened my good impression on these pieces.
I strongly urge you to take out your discs and give it another spin.