Chopin: Cello Sonata; Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata
Steven Isserlis (cello), Dénes Várjon (piano)
CDA68227
Cellists have cause to be thankful for the impracticality and swift demise of the arpeggione, which allowed the appropriation of Schubert’s wonderful sonata for their own instrument. Dénes Várjon’s 1851 Érard lends characterful zest both here and in Chopin, while bonuses include Steven Isserlis’s own transcriptions of songs by both composers.