Disc 1
01 Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041 - 1. (Allegro moderato)
02 Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041 - 2. Andante
03 Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041 - 3. Allegro assai
04 Violin Concerto No.2 in E, BWV 1042 - 1. Allegro
05 Violin Concerto No.2 in E, BWV 1042 - 2. Adagio
06 Violin Concerto No.2 in E, BWV 1042 - 3. Allegro assai
07 Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043 - 1. Vivace
08 Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043 - 2. Largo ma non tanto
09 Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043 - 3. Allegro
10 Violin Romance No.1 in G major, Op.40
11 Violin Romance No.2 in F major, Op.50

Disc 2
01 Violin Concerto in D, Op.77 - 1. Allegro non troppo
02 Violin Concerto in D, Op.77 - 2. Adagio
03 Violin Concerto in D, Op.77 - 3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace - Poco più presto
04 Violin Concerto in D, Op.35 - 1. Allegro moderato
05 Violin Concerto in D, Op.35 - 2. Canzonetta (Andante)
06 Violin Concerto in D, Op.35 - 3. Finale (Allegro vivacissimo)

Two of today's most passionate and inspirational artists join forces in the recital programme that brought audiences to their feet at the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad in Summer 2011. The chemistry between Hélène Grimaud and Sol Gabetta left critics and audiences nothing short of euphoric and this first duo recording captures the revelatory magic of their collaboration
The album reprises the same programme the duo performed in Gstaad:
Robert Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, Claude Debussy’s Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Johannes Brahms Sonata for Cello and Piano No.1 in E minor and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Sonata for Cello and Piano.
Hélène’s recordings have been best-sellers on the Yellow Label with more than 800,000 units sold altogether to date. Sol is also a best-selling, chart-storming artist, who is regarded as one of the great cellists of our day.

Johannes Brahms and husband and wife Robert and Clara Schumann were pianist-composers whose lives intimately intertwined in 19th-century Germany. Clara’s constant support of Robert throughout his career and mental illness often overshadows her own dazzling talent as a major composer. Brahms was a close friend to both, and comforted Clara after her husband’s death. This fascinating release explores these close connections with fresh and warmly recorded performances of Robert Schumann and Brahms’ First Symphonies, alongside Clara’s Piano Concerto. Pianist Gabriela Montero, superb in the concerto, offers her own musical thoughts with a set of beautiful improvisations inspired by Clara—a touching link to the present day.