Momentum

From the very first moment, the atmosphere seems to glow in Beethoven's last sonata for piano and violoncello, with which Antoaneta Emanuilova and Endri Nini open their new GENUIN CD Momentum. Momentum stands for the potency of the ideal moment, it's inherent dynamism, and it's independence from temporal processes. In addition to Beethoven, the two award-winning musicians perform Brahms' Cello Sonata in F major and Schumann's Adagio and Allegro, works of great inner fervour that demand the attention of listeners and musicians alike at every moment and yet reward this effort many times over with incredible inner richness. Emanuilova and Nini play the three late works, which are by no means serene, with crackling energy.