Schubert: Songs Without Words - Plak

LP Release date: 08.11.2017

ENGLISH

Here cellist Mischa Maisky and pianist Daria Hovora turn in a beautiful version of Schubert's songful 'Arpeggione Sonata', as well as instrumental takes on some of the composer's most beloved lieder. Music doesn't get any more intimate or heartbreaking than'Ständchen' or 'Der Müller Und Der Bach', and it's hard to imagine any voice more emotionally eloquent than Mischa Maisky's plangent tone. - Billboard ... Maisky's 'Arpeggione' is warm, effortless and, for the most part, judiciously phrased. Darla Hovora remains discreetly in the background (as a musical personality, that is, not as a physical presence) and although I found some of the Allegretto's rubato just a mite contrived, the performance is a good one ... Maisky makes a lovely sound, especially in, say, 'An die Musik', where the cello's upper registers project with great warmth of tone ... (Gramophone)