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Sol Gabetta plays Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov

Cellist Sol Gabetta and pianist Polina Leschenko play Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov at London's Wigmore Hall.

Argentine cellist Sol Gabetta is joined by young pianist Polina Leschenko in a programme of Romantic classics notable for their emotional intensity. Music, she says, 'provides an opportunity for us to describe life as we feel it'.

Recorded at Wigmore Hall, London, March 2015
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major, Op 3
Tchaikovsky: Lensky's Aria (Eugene Onegin)
Rachmaninov: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor Op 19

Sol Gabetta (cello)
Polina Leschenko (piano)

58 minutes

Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Polonaise brillante in C major, Op.3

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Performer: Polina Leschenko.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin, Op.24, Act 1 No. 6a; Lensky's Aria

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Performer: Polina Leschenko.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Sonata In G Minor Op.19 For Cello And Piano

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Performer: Polina Leschenko.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Sonata in D minor Op.40 for cello and piano

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Performer: Polina Leschenko.

Broadcasts

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