Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata
Gautier Capuçon (cello), Yuja Wang (piano) (DG)
(scroll down for English review)
繼2019年的蕭邦及法朗克大提琴奏鳴曲後，卡普森和王羽佳再度合作，上次是在卡普森專屬的Erato推出，今次輪到王羽佳所屬的DG。21年7月的錄音，但只得一首拉赫曼尼諾夫《大提琴奏鳴曲》，暫時只推出數碼版本，今年十月才會加入布拉姆斯曲目，推出實體版。
聽這個錄音最難的，我相信就是忍住不去調高音量，我建議先跳到第四樂章聽一分鐘左右，調到你覺得夠大聲的音量，再從頭去聽，但千萬不要再調高音量。因為卡普森和王羽佳都很貫徹遵從樂譜大量的弱音及極弱音指示，所以把音量壓到很低。原以為這樣行不通，但換作頂尖的演奏者卻不然，卡普森將弱音的感情熱度推到極致，而不是放鬆，於是做出一種向內燃燒的精準感情，等到寥寥可數的強音才去盡，王羽佳也能配合。
之所以要用第四樂章來試音量，無非就是拉赫曼尼諾夫終於解除強音的封印，但音量雖大，卡普森及王羽佳卻沒有誇張，只是熾熱從內燒轉為向外精準爆發。
This digital only release looks like a quid pro quo of Capuçon and Wang’s previous Chopin and Franck CD on Erato (Capuçon’s label). Now Wang brought Capuçon to her DG label and with the addition of some Brahms pieces with clarinet a CD release is slated for the coming October.
Listeners of this recording must resist the urge to turn up the volume. I suggest fixing the volume by listening to the fourth movement first. Just a minute or two will do, fix the maximum volume you could take and start over. Then, stay away from the volume knob. You must do that because Capuçon and Wang took the pianos and pianissimos of the piece seriously, only letting rip on the fortes but these just popped out quite occasionally. To my surprise, such approach worked as these soft passages weren’t played “soft”, to the contrary, they were so intense like a fire consuming from within. In the finale, the emotions finally became extroverted, but I didn’t sense a shed of exaggeration as they projected the outbursts with sharp precision.