The Romantic Cello

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Carl Maria von Weber, Sergey Rachmaninov, Jacques Offenbach, Moritz Moszkowski, David Popper, Edvard Grieg, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Fryderyk Chopin, Franz Liszt, Antonín Dvořák

Label: Pierre Verany

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 75

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: PV795101

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
Pezzo capriccioso Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
François-Frédéric Guy, Piano
Henri Demarquette, Cello
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
(14) Songs, Movement: No. 14, Vocalise (wordless: rev 1915) Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
François-Frédéric Guy, Piano
Henri Demarquette, Cello
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Introduction et Valse mélancolique Jacques Offenbach, Composer
François-Frédéric Guy, Piano
Henri Demarquette, Cello
Jacques Offenbach, Composer
(2) Pieces Moritz Moszkowski, Composer
François-Frédéric Guy, Piano
Henri Demarquette, Cello
Moritz Moszkowski, Composer
(8) Humoresques, Movement: No. 7 in G flat Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
François-Frédéric Guy, Piano
Henri Demarquette, Cello
(La) lugubre gondola Franz Liszt, Composer
François-Frédéric Guy, Piano
Franz Liszt, Composer
Henri Demarquette, Cello
Intermezzo Edvard Grieg, Composer
Edvard Grieg, Composer
François-Frédéric Guy, Piano
Henri Demarquette, Cello
(3) Stücke David Popper, Composer
David Popper, Composer
François-Frédéric Guy, Piano
Henri Demarquette, Cello
Serenade David Popper, Composer
David Popper, Composer
François-Frédéric Guy, Piano
Henri Demarquette, Cello
Adagio and Rondo Carl Maria von Weber, Composer
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer
François-Frédéric Guy, Piano
Henri Demarquette, Cello
Song without words Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
François-Frédéric Guy, Piano
Henri Demarquette, Cello
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Introduction and Polonaise brillant Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
François-Frédéric Guy, Piano
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Henri Demarquette, Cello
Nocturne Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
François-Frédéric Guy, Piano
Henri Demarquette, Cello
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
This cellist, Parisian and in his mid-twenties, is a strong and sensitive performer and his programme is well chosen and not just a collection of lollipops – for a start, Saint-Saens’s “The swan” is not to be found. On the other hand, Liszt’s La lugubre gondola, originally for piano and unrelievedly sombre, is hardly easy listening in the way that Rachmaninov’s Vocalise and Dvorak’s G flat major Humoresque are, and at 12'50'' it’s the longest piece in the recital.
However, Henri Demarquette plays it beautifully. Otherwise, too, he offers plenty of contrast. Apart from pieces like the Vocalise which highlight the cello’s singing qualities, he gives us convincing brilliance in Tchaikovsky’s Pezzo capriccioso, Popper’s two pieces, and those by Weber and Chopin. Indeed, this is an attractive recital: the pianist (though backwardly placed) is supportively stylish and the recording admirably captures the cello sound. But the booklet-essay disappoints. It mentions around 20 composers, ranging from Bach to Shostakovich, who are unrepresented on this disc, yet offers no information about the pieces here, some of which are transcriptions.'

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