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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Fauré - Works for Cello & Piano
Ophélie Gaillard (cello) & Bruno Fontaine (piano) Born in 1845, the French composer and organist Gabriel Fauré is now acknowledged as one of the most important writers of chamber music of his period. The delicate and elegant style of his music, redolent of the salons of Parisian high-society, is underpinned by a core of emotional depth and an often adventurous approach to harmony. Although he did not compose a great deal of music for the solo cello, he seems to have had a special affinity for the instrument and its lyrical qualities. It is therefore no surprise that these works have become favourites with both audiences and performers. This recording contains all the pieces originally written by Fauré for cello and piano, including one of his most beautiful and enduring short compositions, the “Elégie”, opus 24, and the two sonatas, opus 109 and 119. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Fauré - Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
Maria Kliegel (cello) & Nina Tichman (piano) Fauré’s two cello sonatas are compact, beautifully written works whose musical language, with its many subtle changes of tonality and gift for melody, has been described as conveying ‘the power of tranquil thought’. Written in the summer of 1917, during the First World War, the neglected First Sonata begins with a troubled Allegro, followed by an eloquent Andante and a sparkling Finale. The C minor Andante of the Second Sonata has its origin in a Chant funèbre commissioned for the celebration in May 1921 of the centenary of the death of Napoleon. This recital also includes an arrangement of the ever-popular song Après un rêve, as well as the virtuosic Papillon. “Nina Tichman uses Fauré's powerful left-hand lines correctly as counterweight to the cello's soaring tunes. Impassioned playing from her Kliegel gives us not only the two sonatas, but also the Elégie and even the Romance as the fine, strong works they are.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 *** “In both sonatas and in the shorter pieces Kliegel plays with an impressively wide dynamic range down to a mete whisper of pianissimo, perfectly articulated.” Gramophone Magazine, 2008 Awards Issue | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Fauré - The Works for cello and piano
Xavier Gagnepain (cello) & Jean-Michel Dayez (piano) “Music consists in raising us as far as possible above what is. I carry within me a certain desire for things that do not exist.” Gabriel Fauré | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Fauré - Works for Cello & Piano
On period instruments - Florent Audibert (cello) and Rémy Cardinale (Erard piano) | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Berkeley, L: | Andantino for Cello and Piano, Op. 21, No. 2a | Fauré: | Papillon, Op. 77 | Godowsky: | Larghetto Lamentoso (from Twelve Impressions) | Grainger: | The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol | Halffter, E: | Habanera (arr Maurice Gendron) | Hägg: | Andante Albumblatt | Jongen: | Valse, Op. 35 Habanera, Op. 86 | Korngold: | Mummenschantz (Hornpipe) (from Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11) Romance Impromptu in E flat major, Op. post. | Kreisler: | Liebesleid (arr Rachmaninov/Lidström) | Lidström: | The Sea of Flowers is Rising Higher (Elegy for solo cello) | Martinu: | Arabesque No. 1 (from Sept Arabesques) | Moeran: | Prelude | Montsalvatge: | Canto Negro (from Cinco Canciones Negras) (arr Mats Lidström) | Rameau: | Air vif: ‘Torture d'Alphise' (from Les Boréades, Act 4) (arr Mats Lidström) | Scriabin: | Poème in F sharp major, Op. 32 No. 1 (arr Mats Lidström) Romance in A minor | Sibelius: | Rondino (from Five Pieces, Op. 81) Berceuse (No 6 of Six Pieces, Op. 79) | Stenhammar: | Adagio (No 5 of Five Songs, Op. 20) (arr Mats Lidström) | Tille: | Courante (from Le Tombeau de Rameau) | Tortelier: | Pishnetto (Recital Etude No. 5) |
Mats Lidström (cello), Bengt Forsberg (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Fauré - Complete Music for Cello & Piano
Steven Doane (cello) and Barry Snyder (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Pieter Wispelwey (cello) and Paolo Giacometti (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Boris Pergamenschikow (cello), Pavel Gililov (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Fauré: Complete Works for Cello & Piano
Peter Bruns (cello), Roglit Ishay (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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