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One might think that the market for massed-cello music had been satisfied by the durable 12 Cellos of the Berlin Philharmonic, but it is not so. There is a Cello Octet Amsterdam, oriented toward contemporary music, and now comes Cello8, the offshoot of an organization called Talents & Violin'celles that seeks to provide performing opportunities to young musicians and to showcase new French stringed instrument manufacturing. Ode à la nuit is largely the creation of cellist Raphaël Pidoux, artistic director of Cello8, compiler of the program, and author of all the arrangements heard here. They are a varied group, with a few famous pieces on the given theme of Ode à la nuit ("Ode to Night"), like Schubert's serenade Ständchen from Schwanengesang, D. 957. Others are rather obscure pieces, and one gets the feeling that Pidoux searched widely in order to create the desired effect. He mixes melodic pieces like the Schubert songs with chordal ones such as the choral pieces by Saint-Saëns and Strauss in such a way that the nocturnal mood deepens as things proceed and becomes delightfully murky. The music is lightened only at the end by a pair of Debussy nocturnes. Altogether fresh in conception and beautifully performed by its young players, this is a lovely release for anyone who enjoys the cello's sound.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Augusta Holmes, Composer - Raphaël Pidoux, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Pidoux, Arranger - Cello8, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
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Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Raphaël Pidoux, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Pidoux, Arranger - Cello8, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
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Franz Schubert, Composer - Raphaël Pidoux, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Pidoux, Arranger - Cello8, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
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Franz Schubert, Composer - Raphaël Pidoux, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Pidoux, Arranger - Cello8, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
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Franz Schubert, Composer - Raphaël Pidoux, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Pidoux, Arranger - Cello8, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
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Franz Schubert, Composer - Raphaël Pidoux, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Pidoux, Arranger - Cello8, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
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Antonín Dvorák, Composer - Raphaël Pidoux, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Pidoux, Arranger - Cello8, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
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Charles Gounod, Composer - Raphaël Pidoux, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Pidoux, Arranger - Cello8, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
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Johannes Brahms, Composer - Raphaël Pidoux, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Pidoux, Arranger - Cello8, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
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Johannes Brahms, Composer - Raphaël Pidoux, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Pidoux, Arranger - Cello8, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
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Johannes Brahms, Composer - Raphaël Pidoux, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Pidoux, Arranger - Cello8, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
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Johannes Brahms, Composer - Raphaël Pidoux, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Pidoux, Arranger - Cello8, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, Composer - Raphaël Pidoux, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Pidoux, Arranger - Cello8, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
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Richard Strauss, Composer - Raphaël Pidoux, Conductor, MainArtist - Roland Pidoux, Arranger - Cello8, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
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Claude Debussy, Composer - Renaud Guieu, Arranger - Raphaël Pidoux, Conductor, MainArtist - Cello8, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
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Claude Debussy, Composer - Renaud Guieu, Arranger - Raphaël Pidoux, Conductor, MainArtist - Cello8, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
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Album review
One might think that the market for massed-cello music had been satisfied by the durable 12 Cellos of the Berlin Philharmonic, but it is not so. There is a Cello Octet Amsterdam, oriented toward contemporary music, and now comes Cello8, the offshoot of an organization called Talents & Violin'celles that seeks to provide performing opportunities to young musicians and to showcase new French stringed instrument manufacturing. Ode à la nuit is largely the creation of cellist Raphaël Pidoux, artistic director of Cello8, compiler of the program, and author of all the arrangements heard here. They are a varied group, with a few famous pieces on the given theme of Ode à la nuit ("Ode to Night"), like Schubert's serenade Ständchen from Schwanengesang, D. 957. Others are rather obscure pieces, and one gets the feeling that Pidoux searched widely in order to create the desired effect. He mixes melodic pieces like the Schubert songs with chordal ones such as the choral pieces by Saint-Saëns and Strauss in such a way that the nocturnal mood deepens as things proceed and becomes delightfully murky. The music is lightened only at the end by a pair of Debussy nocturnes. Altogether fresh in conception and beautifully performed by its young players, this is a lovely release for anyone who enjoys the cello's sound.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:34
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Cello8 Raphaël Pidoux
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mirare
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
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