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Wow... I really hate starting off with such a vague word as "wow," but that honestly expresses how I feel. After having listened to this, I honestly have a new view on what is considered "virtuosic" writing. There's the kind that's full of dazzling orchestration that makes your head spin, complex rhythms and harmonies and blah blah blah... and then there's this kind of virtuosity. The kind where it looks so utterly simple on the page, but in hearing it performed by a pair of musicians who know what they're doing, you discover that, apparent simplicity aside, there's really something going on here.
The simple rhythmic accompaniment of the piano was simply alluring; add to that the cello melody which was at times just as simple and lilting, and at others complex in its own special manner, and you have the nearest thing to perfection you can get out of a duet. The increasingly dissonant coda (codetta?) resolved just perfectly at the end...
I really and truly was impressed. The best music does one thing beyond all - it speaks to one's soul. That's why there's not much of "the best music" out there. However, this is easily amongst the best of the best, in my opinion. I'd want nothing more than to see... and hear... the rest of this lovely sonata.
All the best,
Amitiés,
Dallas
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