Gérard Caussé
Gérard Caussé is among the few classical violists who maintains an international solo career, and, with Nobuko Imai, is one of the two most significant stars of the instrument since William Primrose. He plays a very old (1560) viola by Gasparo da Salo. Caussé is closely associated with the chamber music of Mozart, who, he says, was the first composer to realize the viola's potential as the "mediator" between the upper and lower voices of the orchestra and the string quartet. He also plays the music of the two Romantic-era composers who most prominently favored the viola, Hector Berlioz and Max Bruch.
However, he is also a particular champion of twentieth-century music, for this is an era when the viola most strongly emerged as a solo instrument. He plays works of Bartók, Britten, Martinu, and Stravinsky, and has had solo works written for him by Grisey, Hersant, Jolas, Lenot, Masson, Nunes, and Reverdy. He was a participant in the world premiere of the string quartet Ainsi la nuit by Henri Dutilleux, commonly ranked with the quartets of Debussy and Ravel as the greatest French works in the form. Caussé has made over 25 compact discs on the major labels EMI, Philips, Erato, and Deutsche Grammophon, and has won the Charles Gros Academy Prize, the Gabriel Fauré Prize, the SACEM Prize, and the French Grand Prix du Disque.
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Discography
20 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Gérard Caussé, Mischa Maisky
Chamber Music - Released by Orfeo on Mar 8, 1985
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Quatuors pour piano & cordes
Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Gérard Caussé, Nicholas Angelich
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Oct 13, 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms: String Quintets
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Fauré : Complete chamber music for strings & piano
Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Nicholas Angelich, Quatuor Ébène, Gérard Caussé, Michel Dalberto
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Sep 5, 2011
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Schubert: Trout Quintet, D. 667
Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Frank Braley, Gérard Caussé
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Nov 1, 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Johann Sebastian Bach : 6 Suites pour violoncelle (à l'alto)
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Nov 28, 2011
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Capriccios
Quatuor Capriccio, Gérard Caussé, Yan Levionnois
Chamber Music - Released by Orchid Classics on Mar 15, 2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Sérénade - Sonates
David Grimal, Marc Coppey, Michel Béroff, Gérard Caussé
Classical - Released by AEON on Mar 12, 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Viola Legend - The Erato Years
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Mar 16, 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Schumann: Piano Concerto Op.54; Piano Quintet, Op.44
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Mar 1, 2000
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Bruch: Concerto for Clarinet and Viola, 8 Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano & Romance for Viola and Orchestra
Paul Meyer, Gérard Caussé, François-René Duchable, Kent Nagano, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics International on Jan 1, 1990
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Schumann: Chamber Music
Mikhail Rudy, Michel Portal, Boris Pergamenschikow, Gérard Caussé
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 1, 1993
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Berlioz: Harold en Italie; Tristia
Gérard Caussé, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1996
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Hugues Dufourt : Le Cypres Blanc - Surgir
Gérard Caussé, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg , Pierre-André Valade
Classical - Released by Timpani on Jan 1, 2007
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Norman: Pianokvartett e-moll - Stråkkvartett C-dur
Christian Ivaldi, Lysell String Quartet, Sylvie Gazeau, Gérard Caussé, Alain Meunier
Chamber Music - Released by Musica Sveciae on Jan 1, 1988
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Hindemith: Sonates - Lévinas: Les Lettres enlacées
Gérard Caussé, Michaël Levinas, Quatuor Ludwig
Classical - Released by AEON on Sep 9, 2003
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Concertos pour instruments à cordes
Classical - Released by Naxos on Jul 2, 2007
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Britten: Variations on a Theme of Franck Bridge
Gérard Caussé, Bojidar Bratoev, Orchestre de Chambre National de Toulouse
Classical - Released by naïve classique on Jan 1, 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Romantische Verwandlungen
Hansjörg Schellenberger, Radovan Vlatković, Gérard Caussé, Vadim Gladkov
Chamber Music - Released by Campanella Musica on Oct 1, 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven
Delian::Quartet, Gérard Caussé
Chamber Music - Released by Oehms Classics on Mar 4, 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo