{"product_id":"brahms-crawford-asuncion-dialogo-music-cd-5060189561667","title":"Brahms \/ Crawford \/ Asuncion - Dialogo - Music CD","description":"American 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.","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42315282022475,"sku":"ORCC100166.2","price":23.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7223\/1499\/files\/3964315-2702770_4acd193b-06e5-4e94-abb8-e5cd95363f70.jpg?v=1775761970","url":"https:\/\/rockbandmerch.com\/products\/brahms-crawford-asuncion-dialogo-music-cd-5060189561667","provider":"Rock Band Merch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}