Composer: Gabriel Urbain Fauré, Arthur Honegger, Edouard Lalo, Charles Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer: Daniel Müller-Schott
Orchestra: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Conductor: Alexandre Bloch
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Orfeo
Catalogue: C988211
Release: 2021
Size: 1.18 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
01. I. Allegro non troppo
02. II. Allegretto con moto
03. III. Allegro non troppo
04. Fauré: Élégie in C minor, Op. 24
Honegger: Cello Concerto
05. I. Andante
06. II. Lento
07. III. Allegro marcato
Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor
08. I. Prélude. Lento – Allegro maestoso
09. II. Intermezzo. Andantino con moto – Allegro presto
10. III. Introduction. Andante – Allegro vivace
11. Saint-Saëns: Romance in F major, Op. 36
“It is not by chance that luminous textures and sensual orchestral colors are considered essential features of French music. Its history features great names renowned for their art of instrumentation and sensitive use of timbres, who include the composers of the cello concertos on this recording: Camille Saint-Saëns, whose instrumentation technique always combines color with transparency, Édouard Lalo, who was highly esteemed by Claude Debussy for the wealth of color in his works, and Arthur Honegger, who painted striking soundscapes not only in his Cello Concerto but in his works without a large orchestra as well. Often it is the fine shadings and delicate transitions that characterize the tone colors of French music and are responsible for its delightful charm. Daniel Müller-Schott – Opus Klassik award winner 2019 – appealingly combines five works from the French sound kaleidoscope on his newest album with the DSO Berlin and Alexandre Bloch ‘Four Visions of France’.”