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Face A Face

~ Renaud/Capucon;Gautier Capucon (Artist)
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1. Passacaille After Handel
2. Duo Op. 7
3. Duo Op. 7
4. Duo Op. 7
5. Sonate Pour Violon & Violoncelle
6. Sonate Pour Violon & Violoncelle
7. Sonate Pour Violon & Violoncelle
8. Duo
9. Duo
10. Duo
11. Duo
12. God Save The King Op. 38

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This is a recording to induce smiles of incredulity, admiration, and delight. The Capuçon brothers are dazzling virtuosos who revel in their technical prowess with unabashed, sometimes mischievous relish; their tone is simply gorgeous: rich, vibrant, and intense, and they have the impetuosity, exuberance and abandon that befits their youth. (Renaud was born in 1976, Gautier in 1981, in Chambery, France.) The recording is designed to display every aspect of their matchless virtuosity, but equally astonishing are their uncanny rapport and unanimity and the homogeneity of their tone: they trade phrases and take over lines literally imperceptibly, and at times, especially when the cellist plays high up on the A and the violinist on the G-string, one cannot tell which instrument is playing what. The program includes a world premiere: Eric Tanguy's Sonata, written for the brothers and tailored to their strengths: two marathon run-around movements flanking a dark, passionate, slow one, all full of close interplay between the instruments. Kodály's familiar, very difficult Duo, played with great idiomatic empathy, unbridled temperament and mournful lamentation, exploits all the instruments' resources of colors and sound effects. The less familiar Duo by Erwin Schulhoff is equally difficult; with its wildly contrasting moods, abrupt changes of character and improvisatory freedom it has a powerful emotional impact. The program begins and ends with brilliant fireworks: Handel-Halvorsen's "Passacaglia," tossed off with playful nonchalance, and "Variations brillantes sur God Save the King," by two virtuosos: violinist Joseph Ghys and cellist Adrien Servais. (It is tempting to imagine that each wrote his own part.) Prefaced by a solemn, operatic Introduction, the five variations are the last word in acrobatics; the pyrotechnics are so incredible that the piece sounds like a parody of its own genre. Naturally, the playing is absolutely stunning. --Edith Eisler

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5.0 out of 5 stars Deux oeuvres majeures de Zoltan Kodaly et d'Eric Tanguy, et une oeuvre à découvrir d'Ervin Schulhoff, Dec 27 2008
By JRL (France) - See all my reviews
Zoltán Kodály est né en 1882 à Kecskemét, dans l'Empire austro-hongrois. Il passa la majeure partie de son enfance à Galánta et à Nagyszombat (Trnava, Slovaquie). Il entrera à l'Université de Budapest, tout en étudiant la composition à l'Académie de musique de Budapest avec Hans Koessler (1853-1926). Il y rencontra Béla Bartók (1881-1945), qui restera son plus fidèle ami jusqu'à sa mort. Avec Bartók, il va recueillir sur des rouleaux de cire, mettre en forme et publier une quantité considérable de chants traditionnels populaires. En 1919, Kodály est nommé Directeur assistant de l'Académie de musique de Budapest. Il développera de nombreuses méthodes d'enseignement de la musique, dont on parle encore aujourd'hui sous le terme de « méthode Kodály », initiant les jeunes enfants au chant et à la tradition chorale. En 1923, il compose son oeuvres la plus connue, le « Psalmus Hungaricus », pour célébrer le cinquantième anniversaire de l'union de Buda et de Pest, mais ses oeuvres majeures comportent également la Suite « Hary Janos » écrite en 1926, deux Quatuors à cordes, une Sonate pour violoncelle et piano, et le Duo pour violon et violoncelle enregistré ici. Pendant la seconde guerre mondiale, Kodály restera à Budapest, se retirant de l'enseignement à partir de 1942. En 1945, il fut nommé président de l'Académie Hongroise des Arts, et assurera également la présidence de l'Académie Internationale de Musique Populaire. L'un des artistes hongrois les plus connus et les plus respectés, il est mort à Budapest en 1967.

Né en 1968, Eric Tanguy a suivi l'enseignement d'Ivo Malec (né en 1925), d'Horatiu Radulescu (1942-2008) et de Gérard Grisey (1946-1998) au Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris. Pensionnaire de la Villa Médicis de 1993 à 1994, il a été en résidence de l'Orchestre de Bretagne de 2001 à 2003. A ce jour, son oeuvre comprends en particulier deux sonates pour piano (1996 et 2001), une Sonate pour violon et violoncelle (2003), magnifiquement interprétée ici par ses dédicataires, deux Quatuors à cordes (1993 et 1999), une Sinfonietta (2003), deux Concertos pour violon (1990 et 2003), deux Concertos pour flûtes (1993 et 1994), deux Concertos pour violoncelle (1995 et 2000), et un Concertino pour hautbois et 13 instrumentistes (2003).
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5.0 out of 5 stars A smile in the mind..., Sep 12 2003
By RICHARD THOMAS "An eclectic pleasure seeker" (Cotuit, Cape Cod, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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Refreshingly interesting programming combined with virtuosic music-making makes this one of the few "must-have" classical albums of the year (2003). No re-hashes here...it's all new to the ear (well, my ear). and the sense of ensemble between these two brothers is uncanny and breathtaking, underscored throughout by a sly sense of wit...merry, witty and just plain fun! BUY THIS CD...you'll love it and you'll be supporting some darned interesting upcoming new talent! P.S. The liner notes and photos are subtley hilarious...very well put-together package.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent music making!, July 17 2003
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The playing and music making on this disc are magnificent. The Capuçon brothers are virtuosos of the first rank, but more importantly they are incapable of playing an unmusical or uninteresting note. They speak with one voice when called upon, but are perfectly willing to engage one another in heated musical dialogue in the Kodaly and Tanguy. The performance of the Kodaly is especially wonderful. Technical perfection, panache, an infinite pallete of colors and amazing musicianship: what more could you want in a cd? I urge you to buy this cd and all others by these remarkable young brothers, especially their Ravel disc.
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