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Nina Tichman uses Fauré's powerful left-hand lines correctly as counterweight to the cello's soaring tunes. Impassioned playing from her Kliegel gives us not only the two sonatas, but also the... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2008, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 28th Apr 2008
Catalogue No: 8557889
Label: Naxos
Length: 62 minutes

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Fauré: Élégie in C minor, Op. 24

Work length6:46

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Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (piano)
Recorded: 5-8 December 2005
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Cologne, Germany

Fauré: Papillon, Op. 77

Work length3:15

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Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (piano)
Recorded: 5-8 December 2005
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Cologne, Germany

Fauré: Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 109

Work length17:27

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Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (piano)
Recorded: 5-8 December 2005
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Cologne, Germany

I. Allegro

Track length5:00

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II. Andante

Track length6:44

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III. Finale: Allegro commodo

Track length5:43

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Fauré: Berceuse, Op. 16

Work length3:37

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Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (piano)
Recorded: 5-8 December 2005
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Cologne, Germany

Fauré: Romance in A major for cello & piano, Op. 69

Work length4:11

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Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (piano)
Recorded: 5-8 December 2005
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Cologne, Germany

Romance in A major, Op. 69

Track length4:11

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Fauré: Sicilienne, Op. 78

Work length3:50

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Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (piano)
Recorded: 5-8 December 2005
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Cologne, Germany

Fauré: Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 117

Work length17:18

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Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (piano)
Recorded: 5-8 December 2005
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Cologne, Germany

I. Allegro

Track length5:52

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II. Andante

Track length7:02

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III. Allegro vivo

Track length4:24

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Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1

Work length3:15

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Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (piano)
Recorded: 5-8 December 2005
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Cologne, Germany

3 Songs, Op. 7: No. 1. Apres un reve (arr. for cello and piano)

Track length3:15

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Fauré: Sérénade, Op. 98

Work length2:58

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Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (piano)
Recorded: 5-8 December 2005
Recording Venue: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Cologne, Germany

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Fauré’s two cello sonatas are compact, beautifully written works whose musical language, with its many subtle changes of tonality and gift for melody, has been described as conveying ‘the power of tranquil thought’. Written in the summer of 1917, during the First World War, the neglected First Sonata begins with a troubled Allegro, followed by an eloquent Andante and a sparkling Finale. The C minor Andante of the Second Sonata has its origin in a Chant funèbre commissioned for the celebration in May 1921 of the centenary of the death of Napoleon. This recital also includes an arrangement of the ever-popular song Après un rêve, as well as the virtuosic Papillon.

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July 2008

Nina Tichman uses Fauré's powerful left-hand lines correctly as counterweight to the cello's soaring tunes. Impassioned playing from her Kliegel gives us not only the two sonatas, but also the Elégie and even the Romance as the fine, strong works they are.

2010

Maria Kliegel has made some formidable recordings for Naxos. Here she offers a collection of Fauré's cello music, centring on the two cello sonatas, both late works. To these she adds a varied collection of pieces not all originally written for the cello, such as the song Après un rêve.
The sonatas are nicely contrasted but Kliegel's performances with her regular accompanist Nina Tichman (her partner in the Xyrion Trio) cannot help bringing out the fact that though both works are satisfyingly compact, the musical material of No 2 is far more compelling, where the lyricism in No 1 rarely adds up to a recognisable tune.
No 2 brings a crisply compact sonata-form first movement, a warmly lyrical slow movement building up to a powerful climax and a dashing finale with a spiky second subject. In both sonatas and in the shorter pieces Kliegel plays with an impressively wide dynamic range down to a mere whisper of pianissimo, perfectly articulated.
The Elégie, Fauré's most famous cello piece, comes in a moving performance, and the fluttering Papillon, written some years later, is a brilliant companion piece. The most famous of the other pieces on the disc is the haunting Sicilienne. The Berceuse, originally for violin, has been transcribed for a number of other instruments and Après un rêve comes in a clever cello transcription. Kliegel is on top form throughout; long may her recordings for Naxos continue.

Awards Issue 2008

In both sonatas and in the shorter pieces Kliegel plays with an impressively wide dynamic range down to a mete whisper of pianissimo, perfectly articulated.

Fauré - Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2

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