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GMCD 7135
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French Romanticism I
Cello and Piano Music
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Contents:
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Suite Op 6. (Premier
Recording) |
| 1. |
Impromptu |
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[6.15] |
| 2. |
Nocturne |
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[3.14] |
| 3. |
Sérénade |
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[3.23] |
| 4. |
Romance |
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[2.39] |
| 5. |
Variations Symphoniques, Op 23 |
 Sound Clip |
[11.44] |
| 6. |
Menuet Gothique Op 25 |
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[2.31] |
| 7. |
Prière Op 25 |
Sound Clip |
[3.45] |
| 8. |
Valse Lente Op 31 No.1 |
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[3.16] |
| 9. |
Menuet Op 31 No.2 |
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[3.43] |
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Sonata Op 40 |
| 10. |
Maestoso - Allegro con fucco |
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[9.41] |
| 11. |
Andante |
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[8.19] |
| 12. |
Allegro molto |
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[6.10] |
Total Playing time: 65.15 - Recorded at Hillesden Church, Hillesden 1997
The music of the French master Léon Boëllmann, who was only 32 when he died in 1897,
is known to few people today - mainly through his masterly Suite Gothique for organ, which
became so popular that he was obliged to transcribe several of its movement for other
instruments.
But Boëllmann was a composer of great promise: his contribution to the repertoire of the
cello was the most important of any French composer of his day, and this album includes
several first recordings. It includes his delightful Suite for Cello and Piano, his superb
Cello Sonata Opus 40, and the comparatively well-known Symphonic Variations.
In addition, the album is completed by several short pieces, making a fascinating and
revelatory insight into this unjustly neglected composer’s music. The cellist, Oliver
Gledhill, has already made an enviable reputation as one of the finest of all young
cellists in the UK, keen to seek unusual repertoire, and he is accompanied by the
brilliant young Jeremy Filsell.
With the growing interest in the byways of music of this period, this CD is sure to find a
unique place in any collection. The recordings are first-class in every respect.
Page revised Friday May 25 2007
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