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The hot French violinist Renaud Capuçon encountered pianist Khatia Buniatishvili over a one-off performance of César Franck's Violin Sonata in A major, and the pair decided to take a break from their usual duet partners (Martha Argerich and Gidon Kremer, respectively) and undertake a program with the Franck sonata at its center. To go with it, the pair chooses two more works composed in 1885 and 1886, and moreover works that do not display much in the way of nationalist sentiment. The program diminishes in intensity after the Franck at the beginning, with the zippy Grieg Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 43, and the elegant Romantic Pieces, Op. 75, of Dvorák executed confidently. But the Franck is worth the price of admission. Capuçon catches the deliberate, mesmerized quality of the cyclic violin part as it unrolls through four relaxed movements, with only the Allegro second movement adding drama. Yet often it's on the contribution of the pianist that performances of this sonata stand or fall: the piano part, which Franck performed himself, is technically unforgiving in itself, and even more difficult to mold into dialogue with the violinist. Buniatishvili is exceptionally sensitive on both counts, and the result is a Franck sonata that pulls listeners into its mysteriously inward world. Pair it all with appropriate sound from the auditorium at the Conservatoire Darius Milhaud in Aix-en-Provence, and this is a strong chamber music entry from the revived Erato label.
© TiVo
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Cesar Franck, Composer - Renaud Capucon, Violin, MainArtist - Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited
Cesar Franck, Composer - Renaud Capucon, Violin, MainArtist - Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited
Cesar Franck, Composer - Renaud Capucon, Violin, MainArtist - Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited
Cesar Franck, Composer - Renaud Capucon, Violin, MainArtist - Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Renaud Capucon, Violin, MainArtist - Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited.
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Renaud Capucon, Violin, MainArtist - Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited.
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Renaud Capucon, Violin, MainArtist - Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited.
Antonín Dvorák, Composer - Renaud Capucon, Violin, MainArtist - Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited.
Antonín Dvorák, Composer - Renaud Capucon, Violin, MainArtist - Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited.
Antonín Dvorák, Composer - Renaud Capucon, Violin, MainArtist - Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited.
Antonín Dvorák, Composer - Renaud Capucon, Violin, MainArtist - Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2014 Parlophone Records Limited.
Album review
The hot French violinist Renaud Capuçon encountered pianist Khatia Buniatishvili over a one-off performance of César Franck's Violin Sonata in A major, and the pair decided to take a break from their usual duet partners (Martha Argerich and Gidon Kremer, respectively) and undertake a program with the Franck sonata at its center. To go with it, the pair chooses two more works composed in 1885 and 1886, and moreover works that do not display much in the way of nationalist sentiment. The program diminishes in intensity after the Franck at the beginning, with the zippy Grieg Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 43, and the elegant Romantic Pieces, Op. 75, of Dvorák executed confidently. But the Franck is worth the price of admission. Capuçon catches the deliberate, mesmerized quality of the cyclic violin part as it unrolls through four relaxed movements, with only the Allegro second movement adding drama. Yet often it's on the contribution of the pianist that performances of this sonata stand or fall: the piano part, which Franck performed himself, is technically unforgiving in itself, and even more difficult to mold into dialogue with the violinist. Buniatishvili is exceptionally sensitive on both counts, and the result is a Franck sonata that pulls listeners into its mysteriously inward world. Pair it all with appropriate sound from the auditorium at the Conservatoire Darius Milhaud in Aix-en-Provence, and this is a strong chamber music entry from the revived Erato label.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:10
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Khatia Buniatishvili Renaud Capuçon
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Erato - Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
© 2014 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd. ℗ 2014 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.
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