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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Debussy & Poulenc - Cello Sonatas
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) & Alexandre Tharaud (piano) Debussy and Poulenc made a lasting impact on the musical identity of their country through both their references to the past and their innovations.This programme illustrates their vision of a certain esprit français: moving constantly between irony and emotion, extremely refined, yet at the same time offering an amplified echo of 'light' music - in short, the 'exquisite bad music' the creator of Les Mamelles de Tirésias prided himself on writing. Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexandre Tharaud, upcoming interpreters of the young generation in France, have already made several recordings together and frequently programme these works in concert.Their recording of Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata was a Gramophone Editor's Choice. "I got to know the Poulenc sonata, thanks to Alexandre, who I believe (although I haven't yet managed to make him admit it) must have learnt to play this music before he started walking; it just seems to flow from his fingers as if it were second nature." J-G Queyras Long a soloist with the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Jean-Guihen Queyras was profoundly influenced by working with Pierre Boulez. His discography, distinguished by a musical eclecticism, includes works by Haydn (on period instruments) as well as Dvorák and 20th-century composers. He has premiered concertos by Ivan Fedele, Gilbert Amy, Bruno Mantovani and Philippe Schoeller (Wind's Eyes), some of which will be recorded for harmonia mundi in late 2008. Alexandre Tharaud devotes a large part of his activity to chamber music. His recording of Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata with Jean-Guihen received unanimous critical acclaim. An enthusiastic advocate of contemporary music, he premiered Thierry Pécou's cycle Outre-Mémoire, as well as his concerto L'Oiseau innumérable (HMC901974, July 2008). His recital programmes 'Hommages' intersperse harpsichord pieces by Rameau and Couperin played on the piano with tributes by living composers. | 
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| |  | Beethoven - Piano Trios
Andreas Staier (piano), Daniel Sepec (violin) & Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Although they were the earliest works that the young Beethoven
thought worthy to feature in his catalogue, the Trios Op.1 were far from being his first compositions. But it
was in them that he first asserted his ambitions and revealed his imaginative powers. Nearly 15 years separate
them from the famous 'Ghost' Trio, one of the composer's mature masterpieces. Our three performers have
judiciously coupled these works with a remarkable trio by Hummel, one of Beethoven's principal rivals.
Andreas Staier has pursued a career as a freelance soloist and has earned an outstanding reputation as both
harpsichordist and fortepianist. Daniel Sepec devotes an increasing amount of his time to the Baroque violin.
Hence he frequently appears as guest leader with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Camerata Academica
Salzburg, and Camerata Bern, and as a soloist with the Academy of Ancient Music under Christopher
Hogwood. In 2004 he founded the Arcanto Quartet, together with Jean-Guihen Queyras, Antje Weithaas and
Tabea Zimmermann.Their recording of Bartok Quartets was a Gramophone Editor's Choice in August 2007. “This bold juxtaposition of Beethoven and Hummel resurrects a real-life musical rivalry… Equally bold are the timbres displayed by this vividly imaginative trio of period instrumentalists.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2008 “…these are really impressive and vibrant accounts that bring out all the abrupt contrasts that so shocked the works' Beethoven first audiences… If you prefer these pieces on period instruments, you're unlikely to find them better done… Beside Beethoven, Hummel's G major Trio is small beer, though its scherzo-like- finale is fun, and Staier wittily invokes the piano's built-in percussion effect for the concluding chords.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2008 *****  BBC Music Magazine
Chamber Choice - February 2007 |
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Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello Gioffredo Cappa, 1696) 2CD plus bonus DVD (a complete filmed performance of the Third Suite and a behind-the-scenes documentary on
the making of this set) "A recording of all six of Bach's suites by the choice young cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras is in the offing from the Harmonia Mundi label, so it was particularly opportune to have a foretaste of his approach in this lunchtime recital... Queyras's playing has a magnetic quality and a spectrum of nuances that, in these solo circumstances, generated interpretations of great subtlety, sensibility and radiance... There was perhaps no more perfect antidote to the Bank Holiday tumult of Oxford Street than Queyras's Bach suite. …There was no hint of ostentation or overstatement in any of this, but only an affecting naturalness from a musician who has clearly thought deeply about the music and the emotional range it conveys." The Times, live review “Queyras is master of his instrument. Intonation is well-nigh impeccable, including meeting Bach's demands of a five-string cello on a normal four-strong instrument… He's an exciting player. He sustains harmonic bass-notes though, most notably in the first Prelude where the superb acoustic of a church in Sulzberg in southern Germany allows the harmony to build up dramatically.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2008 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Jean-Guihen Queyras & Hae-Sun Kang Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Isabelle Faust (violin) & Alexander Melnikov (piano) The Prague Philharmonia, Jirí Belohlávek | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Isabelle Faust (violin) & Alexander Melnikov (piano) The Prague Philharmonia, Jirí Belohlávek "The accompanying performance of the Dumky Trio is completely captivating; indeed their rendition of the
four middle movements is among the finest available." BBC Music Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Chapter 15 - The First Viennese School (1775-1820)Works by Gluck, Haydn, Mozart & Beethoven
Bernarda Fink, Veronica Cangemi, RIAS-Kammerchor, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concerto Köln/René Jacobs, Michel Portal, Andreas Staier, Rosa Mannion, Birgit Remmert, James Taylor, Cornelius Hauptmann, La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées/Philippe Herreweghe, Frank Braley, The Eroica Quartet, Jerusalem Quartet, Freiburger Barockorchester, Jean-Guihen Queyras, RIAS-Kammerchor & Freiburger Barockorchester | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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"In the past two years appealing new recordings have been issued, although the most recent, with Isabelle Faust in a magnificent ensemble performance with Jirí Belohlávek and the Prague Philharmonia, is far the best."
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Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Christoph Poppen (violin), Hariolf Schlichtig (viola), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Britten - Suites for Solo Cello
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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