Debussy: Nocturne et Scherzo

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A French Recital

Debussy:

Cello Sonata

Nocturne et Scherzo

Dutilleux:

Trois strophes sur le nom de Sacher

Franck, C:

Violin Sonata in A major

arranged for cello & piano

Sebastian Klinger (cello), Milana Chernyavska (piano)

Oehms - OC856

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In the shade of forests

The Bohemian World of Debussy, Enescu and Ravel

Debussy:

Nocturne et Scherzo

Violin Sonata

Il pleure dans mon cœur (No. 2 from Ariettes Oubliées)

Préludes - Book 1: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin

Préludes - Book 1: No. 12, Minstrels

Beau Soir

Enescu:

Impressions d'enfance for violin and piano, Op. 28

Ravel:

Tzigane

Violin Sonata in A minor 'Sonate posthume'

Philippe Graffin (violin) & Claire Désert (piano)

Philippe Graffin provided one of Avie’s landmark releases, the world-premiere recording of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto (AV 0044). He returns with a more intimate but equally innovative disc devoted to works from his homeland. The figureheads of French impression – Debussy and Ravel – are paired with Impressions by the revelatory Romanian George Enescu, for whom Paris was like a second home.

Graffin, a multiple Gramophone Editor’s Choice artist, offers some popular melodies in unfamiliar guises. A trio of Debussy miniatures – Minstrels, Il Pleure dans mon Coeur, and La fille aux cheveux de lin – are heard in arrangements by Hungarian violinist Arthur Hartmann, a close friend of the composer. Ravel’s Tzigane is heard here with the original instrument it was written for, the prepared-piano sounding lutheal, using the last known instrument (from 1922) which is housed in the Musical Instrument Museum in Brussels.

“Music that draws on earth and spirit: playful, profound and well performed … a beautiful disc, this” Gramophone, Editor’s Choice

“A beautiful disc, this, its message one of gentle longing and nostalgia, though the playing is anything but sentimental.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2005

Gramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - December 2005

Avie - AV2059

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The Complete Chamber Music of Claude Debussy

Debussy:

Rhapsody for clarinet & piano (or orchestra), L. 116 'Première rapsodie'

Petite Pièce pour Clarinette et Piano

Cello Sonata

Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp

Syrinx for solo flute

Violin Sonata

String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

Piano Trio in G major

Nocturne et Scherzo

En blanc et noir

6 Epigraphes antiques

Lindaraja

Marche Écossaise

Petite Suite

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Delos - DE3167

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Celebrating Slava! In remembrance of Mstislav Rostropovich

Live Recordings from Cello Festival Kronberg 2007

Bernstein:	Meditations (3) from 'Mass' (dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Gary Hoffman (cello) Kremerata Baltica, David Geringas
Britten:	Suite No. 2 for cello solo, Op. 80 (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Miklós Perényi (cello) Sonata for cello and piano in C major, Op. 65 (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Natalia Gutman (cello) & Viacheslav Poprugin (piano)
Debussy:	Nocturne et Scherzo (premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Gary Hoffman (cello) & David Selig (piano)
Dutilleux:	Trois strophes sur le nom de Sacher (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) László Fenyö (cello)
Henze:	Trauerode für Margret Geddes for cello sextet (premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich and Cellissimo in 1997) Cellissimo
Kalsons:	Aluzija for two solo celli, cello ensemble, harp and percussion (dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich) Lucianne Brady (harp), Andrei Pushkarev (percussion), Monika Leskovar (cello) & Giovanni Sollima (cello) Cellissimo, David Geringas
Kancheli:	Nach dem Weinen for solo cello (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Julius Berger (cello) With a Smile for Slava (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Mischa Maisky (cello) & Pavel Gililov (piano) Silent Prayer World Premiere (dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich on his 80th birthday and to Gidon Kremer on his 60th birthday) Gidon Kremer (violin) & Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) Kremerata Baltica
Lutoslawski:	Sacher Variation (premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)
Miaskovsky:	Cello Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81 (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Natalia Gutman (cello) & Viacheslav Poprugin (piano)
Piazzólla:	Le Grand Tango (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Young Chang Cho (cello) & Pavel Gililov (piano)
Prokofiev:	Valse from Cinderella (arranged for violoncello and piano by Mstislav Rostropovich) Lynn Harrell (cello) & Pavel Gililov (piano) The Love for Three Oranges: March (arranged for violoncello and piano by Mstislav Rostropovich) Lynn Harrell (cello) & Pavel Gililov (piano) Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119 (premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Andreas Brantelid (cello) & Pavel Gililov (piano) Cello Concertino in G minor, Op. 132 (2nd Movement) (arranged for cello sextet and dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich, premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich and Cellissimo in 1999) Cellissimo
Rostropovich:	Humoresque, Op. 5 Gabriel Schwabe (cello) & Pavel Gililov (piano) Etude for solo cello Young-Chang Cho (cello)
Schnittke:	Improvisation for solo cello (dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich, work commissioned for the Rostropovich Cello Competition, Paris) Eun-Sun Hong (cello) Minuet for String Trio (premiered by Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet and Mstislav Rostropovich) Gidon Kremer (violin), Ula Ulijona Zebriunaite (viola) & David Geringas (cello) Musica nostalgica (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Arto Noras (cello) & Ralf Gothóni (piano) Epilogue from the ballet Peer Gynt, for cello, piano and tape (arranged by Alfred Schnittke for piano, cello and tape-recorder, dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) David Geringas (cello) & Jascha Nemtsov (piano)
Shaporin:	The Russian Song and Scherzo (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Andreas Brantelid (cello) & Pavel Gililov, (piano)
Shchedrin:	Slava! Slava! Ein festliches Glockengeläut (dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich on his 70th birthday) Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Neeme Järvi Na pososhok... (One for the road...) World Premiere (in remembrance of Slava, for six violoncelli and treble recorder) Sabine Ambos (recorder) Cellissimo
Walton:	Passacaglia for solo cello (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Sebastian Hess (cello)

Mstislav Rostropovich’s life as a musician was one of incredible creative power. Profil are delighted to present 27 works on four CDs – all of them inspired by the artist and human being Mstislav Rostropovich; either once dedicated to him or premiered by him. They have been recorded on these four CDs as a lasting homage to the maestro.

The live recordings are taken from the eighth Kronberg Cello Festival “in remembrance – celebrating Slava” in 2007, where friends, former students and companions of Mstislav Rostropovich gathered to honour his memory and celebrate a unique artist.

"Cellist, pianist, conductor and communicator par excellence, Mstislav (‘Slava’) Rostropovich remains a powerful presence on the international music scene." Gramophone

“These recordings were all captured live at the Kronberg Cello Festival in 2007, the year of Mstislav Rostropovich's death, and the pieces were either written for him, premiered by him or… composed in his memory. The line-up includes some very distinguished names, and even the less familiar throw themselves into the celebration with commitment and fervour.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2008 ****

Profil Medien - PH08029

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