Frédéric Chopin(1810-1849)
Sonata for Cello and piano op.65
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888)
Sonata for cello and piano op.47

Charles-Valentin Alkan’s neglected Sonate de concert is the most ambitious work for cello & piano of the Romantic period.
Alkan wrote this monumental, virtuosic piece for the great cellist Auguste-Joseph Franchomme.
It was for the same musician that Chopin composed at the end of his life his Sonata for cello and piano, a crepuscular, tormented work.