Une leçon de piano avec Chopin
James Gaffigan and the Lucerne orchestra tread that tricky line in Dutilleux between sensuous imagery and intense technical refinement, while Emmanuelle Bertrand makes stunning sounds on her cello – now breathy and exquisite, now deep and spicy. The disc opens with Dutilleux’s mystical little solo Strophes and contains a gleaming performance of Debussy’s Cello Sonata from Bertrand and pianist Pascal Amoyel. Read full article