{"id":9959,"date":"2024-12-21T19:46:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T00:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.noemieraymond.com\/?p=9959"},"modified":"2025-02-13T20:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T01:16:19","slug":"dialogues-noemie-raymond-and-zhenni-li-cohen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noemieraymond.com\/en\/dialogues-noemie-raymond-and-zhenni-li-cohen\/","title":{"rendered":"Dialogues &#8211; No\u00e9mie Raymond and Zhenni Li-Cohen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1731012473088{margin-bottom: 35px !important;}&#8221;]<em>Cet article n&#8217;est disponible qu&#8217;en anglais.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9509 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noemieraymond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/concert-dialogues-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.noemieraymond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/concert-dialogues-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.noemieraymond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/concert-dialogues-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.noemieraymond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/concert-dialogues.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Terry Robbins\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewholenote.com\/index.php\/about-us\/aboutus\/our-authors\/33:Terry%20Robbins\">Terry Robbins<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewholenote.com\/index.php\/booksrecords2\/listening-room-c\/33869-dialogues-noemie-raymond-and-zhenni-li-cohen#read-the-review\">thewholenote.com <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two monumental sonatas from the early 20th century are presented on\u00a0<strong>Dialogues<\/strong>, the superb new CD from cellist\u00a0<strong>No\u00e9mie Raymond<\/strong>\u00a0and pianist\u00a0<strong>Zhenni Li-Cohen (Leaf Music LM295 leaf-music.ca\/music\/lm295).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rachmaninoff\u2019s\u00a0<i>Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op.19<\/i>\u00a0from 1901 is a glorious four-movement work full of the rich sentimentality and Romanticism so typical of his music. Raymond has a wonderfully deep, warm tone that perfectly illustrates the comment in the booklet note that Rachmaninoff gave the cello line \u201can expressiveness and intensity previously unheard in the repertoire for cello and piano.\u201d The piano is certainly an equal partner here \u2013 in fact, it\u2019s hard to think of a duo sonata in which the piano part is more demanding and more crucial, and Li-Cohen delivers an outstanding performance.<\/p>\n<p>There are times when Rebecca Clarke\u2019s\u00a0<i>Viola Sonata\u00a0<\/i>from 1919, heard here in her own transcription for cello, inhabits the same Romantic world as the Rachmaninoff, but influences of Debussy, Ravel and Vaughan Williams are also there. Again, superb playing and ensemble work \u2013 a true dialogue indeed \u2013 make for a terrific performance.<\/p>\n<p>Recorded at the beautiful Domaine Forget concert hall in Saint-Ir\u00e9n\u00e9e, QC the exemplary sound quality completes as fine a cello and piano CD as I\u2019ve heard in a very long time.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alienum phaedrum torquatos nec eu, vis detraxit periculis ex, nihil expetendis in mei. Mei an pericula euripidis, hinc partem ei est. Eos ei nisl graecis, vix aperiri consequat an. Eius lorem tincidunt vix at, vel pertinax sensibus id, error epicurei mea et. Mea facilisis urbanitas moderatius id. Vis ei rationibus definiebas, eu qui purto zril laoreet. Ex error omnium interpretaris pro, alia illum ea vim. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, te ridens gloriatur temporibus qui, per enim veritus probatus ad. 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