Camille Thomas & Beatrice Berrut - Rachmaninoff, Kabalevsky & Auerbach: A Century of Russian Colours (2013) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19: I. Lento - Allegro moderato
02. Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19: II. Allegro scherzando
03. Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19: III. Andante
04. Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor, Op. 19: IV. Allegro mosso
05. Sonata for Cello and Piano in B-Flat Major, Op. 71: I. Andante molto sostenuto
06. Sonata for Cello and Piano in B-Flat Major, Op. 71: II. Allegretto con moto
07. Sonata for Cello and Piano in B-Flat Major, Op. 71: III. Allegro molto
08. 24 Preludes for Cello and Piano, Op. 47: Prelude No. 19 (Allegro appassionato)
09. 24 Preludes for Cello and Piano, Op. 47: Prelude No. 20 (Giocoso)
10. 24 Preludes for Cello and Piano, Op. 47: Prelude No. 6 (Andante tragico)
11. 24 Preludes for Cello and Piano, Op. 47: Prelude No. 15 (Allegro con brio)
12. 24 Preludes for Cello and Piano, Op. 47: Prelude No. 16 (Tempo di valzer)
13. 24 Preludes for Cello and Piano, Op. 47: Prelude No. 12 (Adagio)
14. 24 Preludes for Cello and Piano, Op. 47: Prelude No. 24 (Vivo)



This recording is the result of the passion the young musicians Camille Thomas (cello) and Beatrice Berrut (piano) have always felt for Russian music.

Whatever its period of composition, they find in this repertoire the profundity and complexity of the Slavic soul, taking to extremes the expression of human torments.

Camille Thomas: ‘For this recording we immediately thought of playing Russian music. In A Century of Russian Colours, we start with a very Romantic composition, Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata op.19. The programme continues with a very rarely recorded work, bearing the marks of Soviet communism, showing fear and anguish, but also the rigour and conformism of Dmitry Kabalevsky.

We end with a young composer who is very highly thought of in the musical world: Lera Auerbach, one of the last artists to be stripped of Russian nationality, who now lives in the United States and Germany.’

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