VARIOUS FRENCH COMPOSERS
Gautier Capucon - Destination Paris Gautier Capucon (cello), Jérôme Ducros (piano & harpsichord) / Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Maîtrise de Radio France, Lionel Bringuier [ Erato Classics / CD - 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... |
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... |
Benjamin Lackner, Mathias Eick, Jérôme Regard, Manu Katché
Last Decade (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 18/Nov/2022 ] German-American pianist Benjamin Lackner makes his ECM debut with a star-studded quartet of Manu Katché on drums, trumpeter Mathias Eick and Jérôme Regard on bass. Mathias and Manu share a longstanding association with the label and their... |
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... |
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... |
ROBERT WRIGHT & GEORGE FORREST
Wright/Forrest: Grand Hotel Jane Krakowski & Timothy Jerome / Broadway Cast Recording [ RCA Victor / CD - released 17/May/1989 ] Grand Hotel is a musical with a book by Luther Davis, music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, and additional music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. |
MARAIS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Maris: Pieces de viole Jerome Hantai (bass viol) / Alix Verzier (bass viol) / Pierre Hantai (harpsichord) [ Virgin Veritas / 2 CD - released 22/Sep/2010 ] "This double helping of Marais (majoring on books 2 and 3) keeps things in the family. Pierre Hantaï accompanies brother Jérôme in a persuasive display of musical fraternité, interpretative égalité and fantasy-filled expressive liberté." (BBC Music) |
CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Martin Guerre Jerome Pradon, Matt rawle & Juliette Caton / London Cast Recording [ Dreamworks Records / CD - released 26/Apr/1995 ] Martin Guerre is a two-act musical with a book by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, lyrics by Alain Boublil, Edward Hardy and Stephen Clark, and music by Claude-Michel Schönberg. Written in the operatic style similar to the creative... |
Jerome Richardson
Four Classic Albums (Flutes & Reeds / Roamin' With Richardson / Midnight Oil / Going To The Movies) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 6/May/2016 ] AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic album series with a re-mastered 2CD release by Jerome Richardson, complete with original artwork and liner notes. "Flute & Reeds"; "Roamin' With Richardson"; "Midnight Oil" and "Going To The Movies" Another... |
JOSEF HAYDN / W. A. MOZART
Haydn, Mozart: Sonates Jérôme Hantaï (pianoforte) [ Mirare / CD - released 29/Jun/2018 ] "this is surely among the most satisfying discs I've encountered this year. Please, don't miss it!" Editor's Choice Gramophone August 2019 |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Romantique: Orchestral music includes Overture 'Orpheus in the Underworld' and Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Jérome Pernoo (cello) / Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Feb/2007 ] "This delightful collection of Offenbach works is interesting because it includes some lesser-known material by this composer." (MusicWeb Jan 2007) |
KURT RHODE / OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time | Rohde: one wing Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Anna Presler (violin), Tanya Tomkins (cello) Jerome Simas (clarinet), Eric Zivian (piano) [ Avie / CD - released 19/Mar/2021 ] "The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble take the Quartet's shifting instrumental and emotional perspectives in their stride. Pick of the soloists is clarinettist Jerome Simas, who shines in the unaccompanied 'Abîme des oiseaux'." Gramophone |
HENRI DUTILLEUX
Dutilleux: Centenary Edition Mstislav Rostropovich, Truls Mørk (cellos), Renaud Capuçon, Christian Tetzlaff (violins), Dawn Upshaw, Renee Fleming (sops), Jérôme Ducros (piano), et [ Erato / Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 22/Nov/2019 ] "The performances here are uniformly excellent, while some must be taken as definitive - not in the sense of saying the last word…rather in indicating directions of travel." BBC Music Five Stars |
GRETRY / LULLY / RAMEAU / SACCHINI / CHARPENTIER
Le Triomphe de l'amour Sandrine Piau (soprano) / les Paladins, Jerome Correas [ Naive / CD - released 10/Mar/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Baroque Vocal |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Enchantresses Sandrine Piau (soprano) / Les Paladins, Jérôme Correas [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 14/Jan/2022 ] BBC Music AWARD NOMINATION 2023 - VOCAL |
ERIK SATIE
Best Of Satie (Incls 3 Gymnopedies & Six Gnossiennes) Klara Kormendi (piano) / Nancy Symphony Orchestra / Jerome Kaltenbach [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] Erik Satie, born in France in 1866, was a lazy pupil at the Paris Conservatoire, and only came to public attention after Debussy made orchestrations of two of his piano pieces, Gymnopédies. Satie became a 'character' in the Latin Quarter of Paris,... |
Benjamin Lackner, Mathias Eick, Jérôme Regard, Manu Katché
Last Decade [ ECM / CD - released 18/Nov/2022 ] German-American pianist Benjamin Lackner makes his ECM debut with a star-studded quartet of Manu Katché on drums, trumpeter Mathias Eick and Jérôme Regard on bass. Mathias and Manu share a longstanding association with the label and their... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
The Other Richard Strauss: Symphonic, Vocal and Chamber Music Boris Berezovsky, Renaud Capuçon, Jerôme Ducros, Eric Ericson, Michel Plasson & Vadim Repin / various conductors [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 1/May/2014 ] The lyric gift that makes Strauss's operatic writing so memorable still bathes these lesser-known works in a Romantic glow, whether impassioned (the early Violin Sonata), celebratory (Taillefer, the choral ballad on the battle of Hastings) or elegiac... |
RACHMANINOV / MYASKOVSKY
Sonatas for cello and piano Bruno Philippe & Jérôme Ducros [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 8/Feb/2019 ] After a first album as part of the harmonia nova collection, which resulted in a well-deserved Victoire de la Musique Classique (category new instrumental soloist), Bruno Philippe continues his path on the harmonia mundi label. This programme devoted... |
JONATHAN LESHNOFF
Leshnoff: Chamber Music Carpe Diem String Quartet / Stephen Miahky (violin), Jerome Simas (clarinet) & Joshua Nemith (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] Jonathan Leshnoff is one of the most exciting voices in contemporary American music, and his lyricism is accompanied by vibrant expressive qualities. |