Cello sonata in A mm., Op. 36; Intermezzo.
(N) Ph. Dig. 454 458-2 [id]. Julian Lloyd Webber, Bengt Forsberg — DELIUS: Cello
sonata; 2 Pieces; Romance; Hassan; Serenade,

In their apt coupling of the complete cello and piano music of both Delius and Grieg, Julian Lloyd Webber and Bengt Forsberg give a magnetic performance of the Grieg sonata, among the most inspired and intense of his longer works. With plenty of light and shade, the pianissimos from both cellist and pianist arc daringly extreme, magically so in the central slow movement with its haunting quotation from Grieg’s Homage march.