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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Fiction Natalie Dessay (soprano), Stacey Kent (vocals), Fanny Ardant (vocals), Luz Casal (vocals) / Quatuor Ebene [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 6/May/2013 ] |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 1 Quatuor Ebene [ Erato Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2009 ] "In the space of just a few years [the Quatuor Ebène] has made its way to become one of the world's top quartets. Beyond youthful French charm, the quartet is notable for its distinctive musical approach and technical supremacy." (Salzburger Nachrichten) |
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BACH / VASKS
Distant Light: Violin Concertos Renaud Capucon (violin & director) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] Renaud Capuçon's first recording as both soloist and conductor is also his first recording with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. He has chosen to juxtapose Bach's violin concertos in A minor and E major with a haunting concerto written more than 350... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios 'Archduke' & 'Ghost' Renaud Capuçon (violin) Gautier Capuçon (cello) Frank Braley (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "Together, all three musicians have the quality that is the most priceless of all in playing chamber music," wrote The Guardian when the Capuçons and Braley played the 'Archduke' at London's Wigmore Hall. |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Sonatas & Trio Renaud Capucon (violin) Gérard Caussé (viola) Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp) Edgar Moreau (cello) Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 10/Nov/2017 ] Their readings of the late sonatas are packed with glorious detail, while Renaud Capuçon, Bertrand Chamayou and Edgar Moreau make a great case for the early Piano Trio.' BBC Music Award WINNER 2018 - Chamber |
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DEBUSSY / DVORAK / ELGAR / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / PROKOFIEV / etc
Capriccio: Virtuoso pieces for violin & piano Renaud Capucon (violin) Jerome Ducros (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 18/May/2008 ] "Not since the emergence of Vengerov and Repin has such an exciting young violinist come our way." International Record Review |
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FRANCK / GRIEG / DVORAK
Violin Sonatas Renaud Capucon (violin) / Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2015 ] Renaud Capuçon has established himself as an artist with a reputation for impeccable performances and fine interpretations of classics and lesser-known repertoire. From his most recent album with critically-acclaimed readings of the Bach Violin... |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Renaud Capucon (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth [ Erato Classics / CD - released 18/Apr/2018 ] "Capuçon's keen, lean lyricism in the solo part, and his chamber music-like rapport with the LSO's woodwind soloists, offer compelling perspectives on this well-known, if still not popular, music." Sunday Times |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Mendelssohn/Schumann: Violin Concerto No.2 / Violin Concerto Renaud Capucon (violin) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Daniel Harding, conductor [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 19/Oct/2004 ] A new disc from the brilliant young French violinist Renaud Capuçon brings together two strongly contrasted works: Mendelssohn's luminous E minor concerto, one of the best-loved works in the repertoire, and Schumann's more introverted and... |
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JEAN SIBELIUS / SAMUEL BARBER
Sibelius/Barber: Violin Concertos Renaud Capucon (violin) / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande,.Daniel Harding, conductor [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 21/Feb/2025 ] Renaud Capuçon's new album is a return to core repertoire: Sibelius's Violin Concerto, op.47, and Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto, op.14 - recorded with Daniel Harding as conductor and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. |
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ARVO PART
Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa Renaud Capucon (violin/conductor) / Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne, with Guillaume Bellom (piano) [ Erato Classics / CD - released 10/Sep/2021 ] "The playing is impeccably controlled yet fiercely expressive…Throughout the album, Capuçon reveals a keen instinct for timing and structural balance as he and his fellow musicians breathe as one." BBC Music Concerto Choice November 2021 |
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J S BACH / VASKS
Distant Light Renaud Capuçon & Celine Frisch (violins) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe [ Erato / CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] Renaud Capuçon's first recording as both soloist and conductor is also his first recording with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. He has chosen to juxtapose Bach's violin concertos in A minor and E major with a haunting concerto written more than 350... |
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HALVORSEN / KODALY / TANGUY / SCHULHOFF / GHYS
Face a face: Duos for violin and cello Renaud Capucon (violin) Gautier Capucon (cello) [ Virgin Erato Classics / CD - released 21/Jul/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - The brothers Renaud and Gautier Capuçon take the stage alone in five duets for violin and cello. |
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SAINT-SAENS
La Muse et le Poète [Violin & Cello Concertos] Renaud Capuçon (violin) & Gautier Capuçon (cello) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Lionel Bringuier [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Violinist Renaud Capuçon and his cellist brother Gautier are joined by the young French conductor Lionel Bringuier and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France for a programme of works by Camille Saint-Saëns. |
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DELERUE / LEGRAND / KOSMA / PETIT / YARED / ROUBAIX / etc
Les Choses de la Vie - Cinema II Renaud Capuçon (violin) / Les Siècles, Duncan Ward [ Erato / CD - released 8/Mar/2024 ] Following his beloved and best-selling 2018 album of music from popular films, Renaud Capuçon returns to the magical world of cinema in Les Choses de la Vie - Cinema II. The violinist has dedicated this sequel to 19 titles written by French film... |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: La Mer / Images Orchestre National de France, Emmanuel Krivine [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/2018 ] Debussy began composing La Mer in 1904, in Burgundy, but as he wrote to fellow composer André Messager, his memories of the sea were "worth more than a reality whose charm generally weighs too heavily on the imagination". He continued to work on the... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Concertos Riccardo Minasi (violin & direction), Johannes Hinterholzer (horn) / Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev (harpsichord, conductor) [ Warner / Erato Classics / 2 CD - released 22/Jul/2016 ] The period-instrument orchestra Il Pomo d'Oro, founded in 2012, has rapidly built a substantial international reputation. It now boasts two chief conductors: Riccardo Minasi, the Italian violinist and musicologist, and Maxim Emelyanychev, the young... |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman (The Tales of Hoffman) (complete opera) Roberto Alagna, Jose van Dam, Natalie Dessay, Sumi Jo / l'Opera National de Lyon, Kent Nagano [ Erato Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Kent Nagano uses Kaye's complete edition preserving the recitatives. He balances this by taking quite a brisk view of the tempi and the pacing of the piece." MusicWeb |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: La Fille du Regiment (The Daughter of the Regiment) [complete opera recorded in 2007] Natalie Dessay, Juan Diego Florez, Felicity Palmer, Alessandro Corbelli, Donald Maxwell, Dawn French, Orchestra & Choir of the Royal Opera House, Brun [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - DVD - "The Royal Opera's new staging of La Fille du régiment will probably go down in history as one of the company's great achievements ... Laurent Pelly's production casts Natalie Dessay and Juan... |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Pietro Spagnoli, Ferruccio Furlanetto / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Nov/2015 ] "The Royal Opera's cheerful and colourful new production of Rossini's most popular work is a copper- bottomed hit." The Daily Telegraph |