[ Erato / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 12 November 2021
Un Violon à Paris by Renaud Capuçon is dedicated to his followers and listeners from around the world, who came together with him and pianist Guillaume Bellom every day during the 2020 lockdown to stir up hope through music.
Among the popular short pieces of the album are a theme by Enrico Morricone from Cinema Paradiso, Charlie Chaplin's "Smile" from Modern Times, Puccini's "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi, Debussy's Clair de lune, Massenet's Méditation from Thaïs, Rachmaninov's Vocalise, and many more.
Handel: Sonata in D major for violin and continuo, HWV371, Op. 1 No. 13: Larghetto
Bach, J S: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String')
Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro (in the style of Pugnani)
Wagner: Albumblatt 'In das Album der Fürstin M.', WWV 94
Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. post.
Puccini: O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)
Tchaikovsky: Atchevo eta prezhde ne znala (from Iolanta)
Rachmaninov: Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
Dvořák: Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op. 55 No. 4
Massenet: Meditation (from Thaïs)
Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin (from Préludes - Book 1: No. 8)
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
Chaplin, C: Smile from 'Modern Times'
Morricone, E: Cinema Paradiso: Childhood and manhood
Grappelli: Les Valseuses