Capriccio: Virtuoso pieces for violin & piano

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Capriccio: Virtuoso pieces for violin & piano
Renaud Capucon (violin) Jerome Ducros (piano)

[ Erato Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Sunday 18 May 2008

"Not since the emergence of Vengerov and Repin has such an exciting young violinist come our way." International Record Review

"Capuçon's violin transcriptions rarely disappoint. If it's not his fervour that amazes, it's his delicacy. Elgar's La Capricieuse is a melting wonder, Prokofiev's Masks a bracing stomp. The programming sprinkles the firecrackers with pensive surprises (Roxana's Song from Szymanowski), waltzing Strauss, and the finale is unusually reflective - two Schumann songs. A delight." The Times, 18th April 2008 ****

"It seems there is nothing Capuçon cannot do. He maintains the same level of tonal purity and lustrousness at all dynamic levels across all four strings… His phrasing and timing is immaculate, his intonation ear-ringingly true and - especially important in this repertoire - his exquisitely subtle use of portamento is such as to rival even Kreisler and Heifetz." BBC Music Magazine, September 2008 *****

Tracks:

Debussy:
Clair de Lune
trans. A. Roelens

Dinicu:
Hora Staccato
arr. Jascha Heifetz

Dvorak:
Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101 No. 7
Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor, Op. 46 No. 2
trans. Fritz Kreisler

Elgar:
La Capricieuse, Op. 17

Gluck:
Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Korngold:
Garden scene

Kreisler:
Liebesleid

Mendelssohn:
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op. 34 No. 2

Poldini:
Poupée Valsante (Dancing Doll)
trans. Fritz Kreisler

Prokofiev:
Masks from 'Romeo and Juliet'
arr. Jascha Heifetz

Schubert:
Die Biene (The Bee)
arr. August Wilhelmj
Ave Maria, D839
arr. Renaud Capuçon

Schumann:
Er, der Herrlichste von allem from Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42, No. 2
Frauenliebe und Leben: 'Du Ring an meinem Finger', Op. 42, No. 4

Strauss, R:
Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier
arr. Vasa Prihoda
Ein einsamer Quelle, Op. 9, No. 2

Stravinsky:
Chanson Russe
arr. Samuel Dushkin

Suk:
Un poco triste, Op. 17, No. 3

Szymanowski:
Roxana's Song from the Opera "King Roger"
trans. Pavel Kochanski

Tchaikovsky:
Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6