{"product_id":"crawford-asuncion-dialogo-cd","title":"Crawford Asuncion - Dialogo (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eAmerican cellist John-Henry Crawford was named Young Artist of the Year by the Classical Recording Foundation in 2019, and his debut album demonstrates exceptional insight and nuance in a varied and fascinating program, performed with pianist Victor Asuncion. Playing a rare 200-year-old cello smuggled out of Austria by his grandfather, Robert Popper, John-Henry Crawford performs sonatas by Brahms and Shostakovich alongside Ligeti's Solo Sonata. Brahms insisted that the piano was the cello's equal in his Cello Sonatas, and the F major Sonata gives Victor Asuncion plenty of opportunities to shine. Ligeti's Solo Sonata has had a turbulent journey from romantic gesture to Soviet censorship to staple of the repertoire, and Shostakovich's D minor Sonata grew out of a troubled time in his life, but in both cases the cello is given an array of lyrical, passionate and technically demanding material, performed here with great flair.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49644477055276,"sku":"5060189561667","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0863\/2257\/7708\/files\/3964315-2702770.jpg?v=1724329350","url":"https:\/\/joseyrecords.com\/products\/crawford-asuncion-dialogo-cd","provider":"Josey Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}