Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 & other works
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GABRIEL FAURE
Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 & other works
Maria Kliegel (cello) Nina Tichman (piano)
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 30 May 2008
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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.
Tracks:
Elegie, Op. 24
Papillon, Op. 77
Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 109
Berceuse, Op. 16 (arr. for cello and piano)
Romance in A major, Op. 69
Sicilienne, Op. 78
Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 117
3 Songs, Op. 7: No. 1. Apres un reve (arr. for cello and piano)
Serenade, Op. 98
