Strauss, Poulenc, & Rihm: Werke für Violoncello und Klavier

Benedict Kloeckner, a prize winner at Verbier in 2012, has joined José Gallardo, a much sought-after chamber music pianist today – a musician who not only works with Anne-Sophie Mutter and Gidon Kremer, but also cultivates contacts with composers such as Wolfgang Rihm. They both shed light on the "Golden Era" of the violoncello with the stormy Sonata of the young Richard Strauss to the quiet as a whisper Fantasy Piece by Wolfgang Rihm.