Camille Saint-Saens: Sonaten für Cello & Klavier Nr.1 & 2 on CD
Sonaten für Cello & Klavier Nr.1 & 2
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
+Suite für Cello & Klavier op. 16
- Artists:
- Maria Kliegel, Francois-Joel Thiollier
- Label:
- Naxos
- Year of recording ca.:
- 2004
- Item number:
- 7923694
- UPC/EAN:
- 0747313288021
- Release date:
- 2.1.2007
Unlike his two Cello Concertos, performed by Maria Kliegel on Naxos 8.553039, Saint-Saens' Cello Sonatas are underrated works. The turbulent Cello Sonata No. 1, which makes full use of the lower registers of both cello and piano, reflects the composer's sadness at the loss of a great-aunt and at the state of France following Napoleon III's crushing defeat by Prussia at Sedan in 1870. Written more than 30 years later, the Cello Sonata No. 2 is a more ambitious and original work. "The Adagio will bring tears to your eyes," Saint-Saens wrote to his publisher, Durand, while the last movement, propelled forward in the manner of a toccata, "..will wake anyone who's slept through the rest of the piece."
Reviews
Stereo 04/07: "Die Cellosonate Nr.1 zieht durch ihren leidenschaftlichen Duktus in den Bann. Im Wechsel von Poesie und vehementem Aufbruch, ohne glättende Züge, wird die an Beethoven gemahnende Musik mit all mit all ihren Feinheiten vergegenwärtigt. Für Freunde des brillanten Duo-Spiels eine nachdrückliche Empfehlung."Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32: I. Allegro
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2 Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32: II. Andante tranquillo sostenuto
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3 Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32: III. Allegro moderato
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4 Suite in D minor, Op. 16: I. Prelude: Moderato assai
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5 Suite in D minor, Op. 16: II. Serenade: Andantino
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6 Suite in D minor, Op. 16: III. Scherzo: Allegro grazioso
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7 Suite in D minor, Op. 16: IV. Romance: Adagio
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8 Suite in D minor, Op. 16: V. Finale: Allegro con brio
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9 Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 123: I. Maestoso, largamente - Tranquillo
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10 Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 123: II. Scherzo con variazioni: Allegro animato
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11 Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 123: III. Romanza: Poco adagio
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12 Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 123: IV. Allegro non troppo grazioso
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