Gwendal Giguelay and Louis Rodde - Fauré, Ropartz: Sonates (2016) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Cello Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 109: I. Allegro
02. Cello Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 109: II. Andante
03. Cello Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 109: III.Finale. Allegro commodo
04. Cello Sonata No. 2 in A Minor: I. Lent - Ardent
05. Cello Sonata No. 2 in A Minor: II. Lent et calme
06. Cello Sonata No. 2 in A Minor: III. Très lent - Assez animé
07. Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 117: I. Allegro vivo
08. Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 117: II. Allegro
09. Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 117: III. Finale. Allegro vivo



In their first album as a duo, Louis Rodde and Gwendal Giguelay unveil their preferred repertoire. These three sonatas are representative of a certain time and era, a “musical will and testament” made up of works from the end of Fauré’s life and from Ropartz’s mature composition period (by chance, the latter’s sonata, his second, was written in the time between the elder’s two).
The music is lyricism incarnate, filled with mysteries of the divine and far away in Fauré’s case and tinged with echoes of Celtic folk heritage in Ropartz’s – this album invites us to dream.

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