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Brahms: Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 for Cello and Piano / Biret, Bennigsen

Brahms / Biret / Von Bennigsen Release Date: 01/08/2016
Label: Iba [idil Biret Archives] Catalog #: 8571319 Spars Code: DDD
Composer:  Johannes Brahms Performer:  Idil Biret ,  Roderic Von Bennigsen Number of Discs: 1

The Lower Saxon noble family of Bennigsen trace their ancestry back over 700 years. Their members have included statesmen, generals and artists. Roderic von Bennigsen, a musician of international standing, studied cello under Pablo Casals and Pierre Fournier. He completed his musical education by in Paris and Vienna under the legendary Nadia Boulanger, André Navarra and Prof. Hans Swarovsky. He is joined on this disc by the noted pianist, Idil Biret in relatively rarely heard yet highly captivating and lyrical cello music by Schumann and Brahms. Brahms. Read less