Mendelssohn:
Cello Sonata No.2 op.58
Lied ohne Worte

Chopin:
Waltz op64/1 (arr Davidov)
Waltz op64/2 (arr Davidov)
Waltz op64/3 (arr Davidov)
Cello Sonata op65

Pieter Wispelwey and his gut string cello partner for a second time with Paolo Giacometti in a programme of Chopin and Mendelssohn. But there is a another great musical figure on this disc – the cellist and composer Karl Davidoff, who studied with Moscheles and Mendelssohn’s violinist and composer friend Ferdinand David. Davidoff’s brilliant arrangements of the Chopin Waltzes op64 form a sparkling interlude between Mendelssohn’s brilliant 2nd sonata, and Chopin’s late and great sonata for cello and piano.