BEETHOVEN - SCHUBERT Sonatas for violoncello & piano No. 9 "Kreutzer" / "Arpeggione" Bruno Philippe, Tanguy de Williencourt

Bruno Philippe, most recently a prizewinner at the 2017 edition of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, already enjoys a high profile on today’s musical scene and appears widely in France and abroad with his chamber partner Tanguy de Williencourt. As Bruno Philippe explains in the booklet: ‘This programme was born of curiosity, a thirst for challenges and love for this repertory. Are there happier companions for a debut recording than Schubert and Beethoven? I think not!’ Listening to this disc, we too are convinced of the fact.
The harmonia#nova series is conceived to offer young artists singled out for their exceptional talents a technical, editorial and promotional showcase that lives up to the high standards of harmonia mundi’s classical productions. While those standards remain identical across a very wide range of repertories, the recording philosophy governing this series is rather different, since it is produced above all by the musicians themselves. Welcome!