Brahms cello sonatas

[visualnickmos]

I was listening to these earlier, and the did a bit of 'window shopping' and I have the distinct impression that there don't seem to be an awful lot of recordings of these two great chamber works. I find this conclusion quite surprising. Mine was Sebok/Starker, and very enjoyable it is, too. I just wondered if anyone else is fond of these, and if so, what other recordings are 'out there' that are worth consideration.....

[EdgeleyRob]

Rostropovich,Serkin and Du Pre,Barenboim for me

[Beef Oven!]

I enjoy these two cello sonatas very much indeed. Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax CD, here.

[makropulos]

Among those I play most often:

Fournier and Backhaus on Decca
Fournier and Firkusny on DG
Yo-Yo Ma and Ax on RCA (1985)
Ditto on Sony (1992)
Bylsma and Orkis on Sony (period instruments)

I used to be very fond of Du Pré/Barenboim (EMI) but find it a bit overwrought now - my problem, not theirs.

[richardfinegold]

I was making do with Ma and Ax for years but added the big Du Pre box and the Starker from the Mercury box in the past year or so. Full confession-I've never really taken to these works

[gurnemanz]

I have enjoyed these works since getting Sebök/Starker on the Philips complete Chamber box. I recently got a Rubinstein Brahms set where he plays the Cello Sonatas with Gregor Piatigorsky. I also like Hélène Grimaud & Truls Mørk in No 1.

[Barbirollians]

Me too ( I second Rob's recommendations )and also the Natalie Clein recordings on CfP

[kea]

Marc Coppey/Peter Laul and Pieter Wispelwey/Paul Komen are the two that I have, both of them delightful. I don't seem to collect the Brahms cello sonatas the same way I do his violin sonatas though, which I think is more because... almost every recording of the cello sonatas seems to be good?? No idea why that is.