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Born in Paris in 1906, Pierre Fournier had begun studying the piano when he suffered an attack of polio at the age of nive. Unable to continue using the pedals, he transferred his attentions to learning the violoncelle and soon entered the Paris Conservatoire, which he left with the first prize in 1923, at the age of seventeen. / leamed myjob the hard way too,' he happily recalled. 'Aged eighteen, 1 used to play in the orchestra pit of a cinéma. The films were Bilent and you had to keep one eye on the screen and the éther on the conductor. I eamed my spurs in spa bandstands. And when Jacques Copeau set up the Vieux-Colombier he asked me to play with him. Arthur Honegger was the percussionish' From 1928 he became one of the most famous cellists of our time, Pierre Fournier died in 1986. Dvoràk's Celle Concerto is one of the most frequently played concertos in the répertoire and counts among the Czech composer's greatest successes, along with the Slavonic Dances and the 'New World' Symphony. Like the latter, it was composed in the United States in 1894-1895. The first performance took place in London in 1896. The Schelomo (Solomon) Rhapsody by Ernst Bloch, like many éther works by this composer, expresses the religions aspirations of the Jewish seul, as does Max Bruch's Kol Nidrei, based on Hebrew tunes. Thèse two works, which it seems natural to place alongside one another, aise shore the characteristic of allowing the 'voice' of the celle to sing forth in a particulany moving register. What exactly was the mysterious 'arpeggione' for which Schubert wrote, in 1824, the sonata we today hear transcribed for violoncelle? This new instrument had been invented in 1823 by Johann Georg Stauffer, a Viennese violin maker. It was something of a monster, half celle, half guitar, believed to facilitate the playing of arpeggios (whence ils nome). It did net last long. Nevertheless it inspired from Schubert, asked to provide a démonstration pièce, pages of irrésistible charm and feeling. The curions will net fait to detect a similarity between the opening of the first thème and the first notes of the Unfinished Symphony written two years earlier. Would the 'arpeggione' still be remembered if Schubert had net written this delightful sonata for it?

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# CD audio
# Nombre de disques: 2
# Format: Import
# Label: Deutsche Grammophon
# ASIN : B000027CL0

Disque : 1

1. Concerto Pour Violoncelle, Op 104 : Allegro (dvorak Antonin)
2. Concerto Pour Violoncelle, Op 104 : Adagio Ma Non Troppo (dvorak Antonin)
3. Concerto Pour Violoncelle, Op 104 : Finale, Allegro... (dvorak Antonin)
4. Schelomo, Rapsodie Hébraïque Pour Violoncelle & Orchestre (bloch Ernest)
5. Kol Nidrei, Op 47 : Adagio Ma Non Troppo...(bruch Max)

Disque : 2

1. Sonate Pour Piano & Arpeggione, D 821 : Allegro Moderato (schubert Franz)
2. Sonate Pour Piano & Arpeggione, D 821 : Adagio (schubert Franz)
3. Sonate Pour Piano & Arpeggione, D 821 : Allegretto (schubert Franz)
4. Sonate Pour Violoncelle & Piano : Adagio Cantabile (francoeur François)
5. Sonate Pour Violoncelle & Piano : Tempo Di Minuetto (haydn Joseph)
6. Sonate Pour Violon N 3 : Larghetto (weber Carl Maria Von)
7. Sonate Pour Violon N 3 : Rondo (weber Carl Maria Von)
8. Nocturne En Mi Bémol Majeur, Op 9 N 2 (chopin Frederic)
9. Le Coq D'or : Hymne Au Soleil (rimsky-korsakov Nikolai)
10. Le Star Saltan : Le Vol Du Bourdon (rimsky-korsakov Nikolai)
11. Adagio & Allegro, Op 70 (schumann Robert)
12. Ave Maria (gounod Charles)
13. Solitude Aux Champs, Op 86 N 2 (brahms Johannes)
14. Danse Des Elfes, Op 39 (popper David)
15. Rondo, Op 94 (dvorak Antonin)
16. Le Carnaval Des Animaux : Le Cygne (saint-saens Camille)
17. Variations Sur La Corde En Sol (paganini Nicolo)

CD1
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

CD2
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4