DEBUSSY, Claude

Sonata for cello and piano CD 144

II. Sérénade

Sol Gabetta, guest professor

Guillem Gràcia Soler, student

Miguel Ángel Ortega Chavaldas, accompanying pianist

For the 2nd movement, Gabetta gives the student advice on how to make the opening pizzicati more expressive—they need to be heard, but as if they were gradually becoming more corporeal. They discuss details related to sound quality and character (which should be more playful at a certain point), resonance, ways of approaching specific notes, and agogic nuances.
To finish, they review the phrasing of the long notes at the end of the movement.

Language: Spanish