A gorgeous performance of the well-known Élégie comes as the first of the five “encores” on this magnificent disc devoted for the most part to Fauré’s two cello sonatas, the D minor, composed in 1917, ...
Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 Xavier Phillips, Cello Cédric Tiberghien, Piano Elégie Xavier Phillips, Cello Cédric Tiberghien, Piano Sérénade Xavier Phillips, Cello Cédric Tiberghien, Piano ...
Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 Alban Gerhardt, Cello Cécile Licad, Piano Gabriel Fauré, Composer Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 Gabriel Fauré, Composer Cécile Licad, Piano Alban Gerhardt, Cello ...
Fauré’s cello music is among the most sublime in the instrument’s repertoire. The sonatas are late works, often deemed ‘difficult’ yet full of energy, poetry and startling originality. The short ...
Like thousands of other evacuees, musicians from the New Orleans-based Louisiana Philharmonic are now scattered around the country. The orchestra will gather in Nashville early in October to play its ...
In addition to the Dvorak and the Glazunov, the first half of the program also includes Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto for 2 Cellos, performed by Eastes and Merton; Heitor Villa-Lobos’ most famous piece, ...
Dramatic Cello & Saxophone Elegy : From the Top We meet a teen cellist from a large musical family who performs a theatrical piece by Cassadó. An 18-year-old saxophone player with a commitment to ...
Alban Gerhardt's account of Fauré's two cello sonatas, both late works, repay careful listening. Like the works themselves, his playing and that of the pianist Cecile Licad is full of subtleties, the ...