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The BNF Collection Part 1
Franz Schubert Piano Quintet "The Trout" Notturno for Piano Trio Frederich Wuhrer piano The Barchet Quartet Karl Krüger double bass Recorded/Published 1955 Antonin Dvorak Cello Concerto Pablo Casals cello Czech Philñharmonic George Szell Recorded 1937 Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G Piano Concerto for the left hand Jean Doyen pìano Orchestre Lamoreux Jean Fournet Recorded/Published 1955 J. S. Bach Mass in B minor Soprano: Renée Defraiteur Alto: Lore Fischer Tenor: Helmut Kretschmar Bass: André Vessières Choeur de Saint-Guillaume Orchestre municipal de Strasbourg Fritz Munch Recorded 1958 Gabriel Faure 13 Barcarolles Jean-Michel Damase piano Recorded/Published 1960 Festival de Prades 1952 Johannes Brahms Piano Trio No. 3 String Quintet No. 2 Joseph Szigeti violin Isaac Stern violin Myra Hess piano Paul Tortelier cello Recorded […]
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Faces of classical music
2018-03-18 11:08:00
Bruno Philippe & Tanguy de Williencourt interpret Ludwig van Beethoven & Franz Schubert (Audio video)
It gives Tanguy de Williencourt and me great pleasure to present this programme devoted to Beethoven and Schubert, which moreover allows us to continue our exploration of the music of German-speaking composers.When we first broached the idea of making a recording, it seemed apt to us to include the cello transcription of the "Kreutzer" Sonata made by Czerny. An absolute masterpiece in its original scoring, this work is in my view equally successful in its alternative guise. Beyond enriching the cello repertoire with a "sixth" Beethoven sonata, the work is thrilling to perform, notwithstanding its considerable technical challenges.Granted, we could have chosen from among the five canonical sonatas for cello and piano; clearly these are works of genius in their own right, but the power of the "Kreutzer" Sonata captivated me to a much greater degree from the start. Upon discovering the Czerny transcription, I had the urgent desire and […]
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Faces of classical music
2018-03-10 11:04:00
Johannes Brahms & Robert Schumann: Works for cello and piano – Bruno Philippe, Tanguy de Williencourt (Audio video)
Jacqueline du Pré was only 23 when she recorded her heady account of the Brahms cello sonatas. But this new recording trumps that, for Bruno Philippe was just 21 and his pianist, the sonorously named Tanguy de Williencourt, only a couple of years older. Both studied at the Paris Conservatoire and they offer playing of splendidly assured maturity and insight, the two artists finding the requisite serenity for the closing moments of the E minor Sonata's opening movement.From the off, Philippe's approach compels you to listen, to embark on the journey with him, even if the overly close recording catches every breath and every bow sound. True, there are times when I wanted a bit more freedom: in the First Sonata's inner movement and the Adagio affettuoso of the Second, Isserlis and Fournier (in his old Decca recording with Backhaus) find more flexibility and a greater degree of reactivity with […]