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CHOPIN / SCRIABIN / GRIEG / BEETHOVEN / etc
Verbier Festival - Best of 2014 Evgeny Kissin, Sergei Babayan, Martha Argerich, Daniil Trifonov (piano), Ingela Brimberg (soprano), Daniel Hope (violin), etc / Verbier Festival Orche [ Erato / 2 CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] Evgeny Kissin has recorded a captivating recital of Chopin Polonaises and Impromptus. The live performance was recorded at Switzerland's acclaimed Verbier Festival in July, 2004. |
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Music For Queen Mary Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner [ Warner Classics The Erato Story / CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "This disc is, without a shadow of a doubt, one I would not want to do without." (MusicWeb Jan 2003) |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Alcina (complete opera recorded in 2015) Festival Aix-en-Provence / Patricia Petibon, Philippe Jaroussky, Anna Prohaska, Katarina Bradic / Andrea Marcon (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Jun/2016 ] "Petibon is sensational throughout: supremely confident in the pathos and neurotic pyrotechnics of Alcina's music and character. In the pit, Andrea Marcon directs the Freiburger Barockorchester smartly, with a shiver of sul ponticello bowing" (BBC) |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Alcina (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Festival Aix-en-Provence / Patricia Petibon, Philippe Jaroussky, Anna Prohaska, Katarina Bradic / Andrea Marcon (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Jul/2016 ] 'The direction of the singers is outstanding' (BBC DVD/Blu-ray of the Month September 2016) |
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MONTI / ELGAR / PAGANINI / SAINT-SAENS / POPPER / etc
Works for Cello & Piano Edgar Moreau (cello) Pierre-Yves Hodique (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "This splendid recital, so astutely recorded, serves notice of a singular talent." (MusicWeb) |
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J. S. BACH
Orchestral Suites Nos 1 - 4 (with works by J.L. Bach, Fasch, Telemann & Zelenka) Freiburger Barockorchester, Thomas Hengelbrock [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2015 ] This set is a tribute to the Orchestral Suite (Ouvertüren), a major genre during the German Baroque era. It assembles works from Johann Bernhard and Johann Ludwig Bach - much admired by their cousin Johann Sebastian Bach - and Zelenka, Fash and... |
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GLINKA / DARGOMIZHSKY / MUSSORGSKY / BORODIN / TCHAIKOVSKY
Russian Melodies & Romences Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) Mstislav Rostropovich (piano) [ Erato Warner Apex / 2 CD - released 22/Jun/2009 ] "A marvellously rich programme recorded by Russian music's exiled royal couple. Vishnevskaya's voice is still forceful but often squally in this 1991 recording; but their intense feeling for these classic 19th-century songs is unique and moving."... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete sonatas & variations for cello & piano Gautier Capucon (cello) Frank Braley (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2019 ] "..the partnership is one of Classical balance, and the result is by turns poised, polished, intimate and exuberant…undeniably a class act" Gramophone |
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ANTONIN DVORAK / VICTOR HERBERT
Dvorak / Herbert: Cello Concertos Gautier Capucon (cello) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "Gautier Capuçon gives a richly lyrical and sympathetic account of Herbert's Concerto, reaching heights of eloquence in its beguiling slow movement and revelling in the virtuosity of the latter parts of the finale." BBC Music Magazine, March 2009 **** |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Rachmaninov / Prokofiev: Cello Sonatas Gautier Capucon (cello) Gabriela Montero (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] "Capuçon's elegant, singing tone responds especially well to the Andante, with gentle exchanges between the instruments." Gramophone Magazine |
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SATIE / DVORAK / ELGAR / DEBUSSY / JOPLIN / etc
Gautier Capuçon: Emotions Gautier Capuçon (cello) Jerome Ducros (piano) / Orchestre de chamber de Paris, Adrien Perruchon [ Erato Classics / CD - released 6/Nov/2020 ] "My album Emotions has grown out of my wish to broaden my musical explorations with pieces that everyone knows and loves. For several years now my cello and I have wanted to share these melodies. I asked my longtime collaborator, the pianist and... |
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RACHMANINOV / MASSENET / POPPER / SAINT-SAENS / JOPLIN / etc
Intuition Gautier Capucon (cello) Jerome Ducros (piano) / Orchestre de chamber de Paris, Douglas Boyd [ Erato Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2018 ] Intuition, a captivating album of short pieces for solo cello with piano or orchestra, has been conceived by Gautier Capuçon to "reflect the story of my life and follow the various stages in my emotional development". It brings together much-loved... |
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VARIOUS FRENCH COMPOSERS
Gautier Capucon - Destination Paris [LP] Gautier Capucon (cello), Jérôme Ducros (piano & harpsichord) / Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Maîtrise de Radio France, Lionel Bringuier [ Erato Classics / LP - released 10/Nov/2023 ] A concept album of laidback repertoire from popular film melodies to French chansons to classical pieces - including "La Foule" by Édith Piaf, the main theme from Summer of '42 by Michel Legrand, "Beau soir" by Debussy, Sicilienne by Fauré, and "Chi... |
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BACH / KODALY / DUTILLEUX / CAMPOS / BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / DVORAK / etc
Gautier Capucon - Souvenirs Gautier Capucon (cello) with Renaud Capucon (violin) Frank Braley (piano) Gabriela Montero (piano) Martha Argerich (piano) etc [ Erato Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] Cellist Gautier Capucon celebrates his fortieth birthday this year - thirty-five years of which have been spent with his cello. This release is a three disc album which reflects on his worldwide success over the past 20 years, celebrating the many... |
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CESAR FRANCK / FREDERIC CHOPIN
Franck / Chopin: Cello Sonatas Gautier Capucon (cello) Yuja Wang (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] "Finesse and fire from a starry musical duo … A recital that showcased the very best in collaborative music-making," was how the Toronto Star described the concert at Koerner Hall in Toronto that formed the basis for this recording. |
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BRITTEN / DEBUSSY / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN
Arpeggione Gautier Capuçon (cello) & Frank Braley (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "this recording is an accomplishment in both duo playing and musical insight, and everything on it is unforced and unfussy, but perfectly idiomatic in its own way...[it] is the Debussy that is stand-out performance on this disc, played by both as if |
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GRIEG / BARBER / MORRICONE / DVORAK / PROKOFIEV / etc
Gautier Capuçon: Sensations Gautier Capuçon (cello) Jerome Ducros (piano) / Orchestre national de Bretagne, Johanna Malangré [ Erato Classics / CD - released 18/Nov/2022 ] The follow-up to Intuition (2018) and Emotions (2020), Sensations is a collection of 20 peices from cellist extraordinaire Gautier Capuçon, working alongside regular arranger and pianist Jerome Ducros. Remarkably, Capuçon sounds every bit as... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos Gautier Capuçon (cello) / Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 30/Oct/2015 ] "[there is] much to admire here, particularly in the way both soloist and orchestra ratchet up the emotional temperature throughout the course of the second movement [of the Second Concerto]" BBC Music Magazine, December 2015 |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Gabriel Faure - The Complete Works Gautier Capuçon, Jacqueline du Pré, Sabine Devieilhe, Nicholai Gedda, Ian Bostridge, Victoria de los Ángeles, Thomas Beecham, Michel Corboz, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 26 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2024 ] Warner Classics brings to you the Complete works of Gabriel Fauré, included are many popular and historical recordings for solo harp and piano, chamber, lyrical and orchestral works. |
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LISZT / CHOPIN / BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / etc
Georges Cziffra - The Complete Studio Recordings 1956 - 1986 Georges Cziffra (piano) with The Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte Carlo, Philhamonia Orchestra, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 41 CD Box Set - released 29/Oct/2021 ] The present boxed set brings together all the studio recordings made by the virtuoso pianist Georges Cziffra (1921-1994) for EMI and Philips, from his first 25cm LP released in 1956 when he arrived in Paris, to the last sessions in the Senlis chapel. |