Music for Violin & Piano: The Franco-Belgian Album | Etcetera KTC1791

Music for Violin & Piano: The Franco-Belgian Album

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Label: Etcetera

Cat No: KTC1791

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 10th January 2025

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About

The present CD, entitled The Franco-Belgian Album, as the name indicates, is dedicated to music for violin and piano by French and Belgian composers from the golden age of Romanticism.

Belgium is represented by Henri Vieuxtemps and César Franck, while France is represented by Gabriel Fauré and Camille Saint-Saëns. With the exception of Fauré's Berceuse, op.16, and the virtuoso Caprice d'après l'Étude en forme de Valse, op.52, by Saint-Saëns, which appear frequently in the repertoire of many concert violinists, the Belgian works, by Vieuxtemps and Franck, respectively, are practically unknown to the public, which is strange, since they are pieces of great musical and artistic value that quite justly deserve to be played and recorded more.

Reviews

Here is another excellent disc from these gifted Portuguese musicians, a cleverly chosen repertoire disc with all of the music likely to appeal to the same music-lover. ... the entire disc can be played and enjoyed straight off, for throughout the performances are eminently satisfactory, as is the recording quality.  Robert Matthew-Walker
Musical Opinion April-June 2025

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