Gabriel Schwabe/Hellen Weiss - Zolt�n Kod�ly: Sonata for Solo Cello, Duo for Violin and Cello, Gy�rgy Ligeti: Sonata for Solo Cello

Zolt�n Kod�ly�s later years were dominated by a series of choral works but his early reputation centred upon chamber music, notably two string quartets, a Cello Sonata (8.553160) and the two masterpieces heard on this recording. The Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 combines Classical form with folk influence, while the Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8, with its expanded harmonies and tone colours, is one of the greatest solo cello works since Bach�s Cello Suites. Gy�rgy Ligeti continued the Hungarian lineage with his Sonata for Solo Cello, a succinct but pivotal work in his compositional development.