Chamber Recording of the Year, Limelight

Debussy
Sonatas and Trio
Bertrand Chamayou p, Emmanuel Pahud f, Renaud Capuçon v,
Gérard Caussé va, Marie-Pierre Langlamet h, Edgar Moreau vc
Erato 9029577396

When two or three are company: a French dream-team deliver red-blooded renditions of early and late Debussy

“Chamber music only works when it’s based on the notion of sharing
– the same goes for friendship. A personal dimension to the music-making gives the album that extra something.” Bertrand Chamayou

This exquisite recording couples the sonatas with the Piano Trio, written when the composer was 18 but unpublished until 1986. Despite its immaturity it is worth a listen, especially when played by such outstanding young performers.

These French musicians are friends as well as regular colleagues. What they bring is twofold: innate sensitivity...